Section I. 



SANITARY SCIENCE, AND HYGIENE. 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. 

 J. MASON, M.D. 



Health Officer^ New Zealand. 

 MUNICIPAL CONTKOL OF THE MILK SUPPLY. 



\_At the time of goinq to press, this address had not been received.'\ 



PAPERS READ IN SECTION I. 



1.— TYPHOID FEVER MORTALITY STATISTICS FOR AUSTRALASIA, 



ARRANG-ED IN PERIODS. 



By HABDOLPH WASTENEYS, T.C.S. 



Compiled from Tables in "A Statistical Account of Australia and 

 New Zealand, 1903-4," by 'J\ A. Coghlan, and from information 

 supplied by the Government Statists of New Zealand and the Common- 

 wealth States. 



1871-75. 1876-80. 1891-83. 1886-90. .1891-95. 1896-1900. 1901-5 



Number of Deaths. 



New South Wales.. 

 Victoria 

 Queensland .. 

 South Australia 

 Western Australia 

 Tasmanii 



Common i\-eaMi 

 ^I'bW Zealand 



Australasia ... 



460 

 251 

 172 



87 



251 



t 



Jl,2.58 

 101 



+1,3.59 



Four years, 1872-75. 



t Jiot 3'et available. 



t Exclusive of Tasmania. 



