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and fostering, but which we ought to be lessening or stamping 

 out. The first step to this end seems to be to ascertain the 

 duration of residence in the colony of every victim of this 

 disease. This could easily be effected by the medical men, and 

 being entered henceforward on the certificate in the allotted 

 space, would allow for a return for the last half-year of 1879, 

 and by the end of 1880 we should have data for a fairly correct 

 determination of the question raised. 



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