have been the cause in two cases; could not assign a cause for the others.

Claremont - C. W. TOLLES, M. D.

Typhoid Fever.

Five cases, none fatal. In all cases the

drinking-water was polluted.

Diphtheria.— Twenty cases, none fatal. There have been reported to me, as secretary of the Board of Health, forty-eight cases, one fatal.

Claremont - A. R. CUMMINGS, m. d.

Two cases were

Typhoid Fever.- Seven cases, all recovered. caused by a badly constructed sink-drain, but the water was not contaminated thereby. Five cases were in a French block where the water was contaminated from the vault.

Diphtheria. Ten cases, all recovered. In my opinion the most common cause of the disease is bacteria.

Colebrook-F. C. HARRIS, M. D.

Typhoid Fever.- Four cases, two fatal. One fatal case in town; one case each in Columbia, Lemington and Canaan, Vt. Have no doubt that three cases were caused by contagion. There was a good chance for contamination of water in either of the four cases.

Diphtheria.— Five cases, one fatal; one case, fatal, in town; four in Columbia. Think decaying animal and vegetable matter near dwellings is the most common source of the disease.

Typhoid Fever. trace the cause.

Concord-G. P. CONN, M. D.

Four cases, none fatal.
It is probably a germ disease.

Was unable to

Diphtheria. Two cases, recovered. The origin of the disease could not be traced to a specific source, yet it is probable that there is a specific germ; but the period of incubation and the conditions necessary for its development are still unknown.

Concord-F. A. Stillings, m. d.

Typhoid Fever.- Three cases, one fatal, being complicated with disease of left lung. Attribute the disease to a specific typhoid germ. A faulty sewer was a factor in one case.

Diphtheria. None observed. Think contagion is the most common source of diphtheria.

Concord-H. C. CUMMINGS, M. d.

Typhoid Fever.-Two cases, recovered. Attribute the disease to bad hygienic surroundings and impure water.

the drinking-water was polluted.

Diphtheria.- None in my practice.

Concord-D. E. SULLIVAN, M. D.

In one case

Typhoid Fever.-No case of true typhoid, though I had several cases in which it was a question as to diagnosis, but results showed simple, continued fever; all recovered.

ease is always due to a specific germ.

Diphtheria.

None.

Concord-E. A. CLARK, M. D.

Think the dis

Typhoid Fever.- None in my practice during the year. Attribute the cause of typhoid fever to germs from dejections of typhoid patients, developed in unsanitary conditions and conveyed in polluted drinking-water or air.

Diphtheria. Six cases, one fatal. undoubtedly favor its occurrence.

Unsanitary conditions

Typhoid Fever.— One case in Webster. Attribute this case to contaminated water. The well was very low and nearly dry. The pig-sty in the barn, thirty feet from the kitchen, was in a offensive condition.

very

Diphtheria. None observed.

There have been numerous

sore throats. Diphtheria is commonly caused by unsanitary surroundings, probably.

Typhoid Fever.— Four cases, none fatal. None of these cases were considered in any way dependent upon impure water, etc. Diphtheria. Five cases of a mild form, none fatal. So far as I have been able to judge, unsanitary conditions have only been indirectly connected with the cases. Atmospheric changes I consider a common source of the disease.

Conway-S. N. GREENLAW, M. D.

Typhoid Fever.- Four cases, none fatal. There was no evidence of water pollution. Think contagion is the most common source of the disease.

Diphtheria. None observed.

Conway- DAVID WATSON, M. D.

Typhoid Fever.- Five cases, mild, none fatal. The drinking-water was polluted in every case.

Diphtheria. Seven tions were very bad. disease.

Typhoid Fever.

cases, none fatal. The sanitary condiThink filth is a common source of the

Had four cases of continued

could hardly call typical typhoid; none fatal. tributed to contaminated well-water; the other account for.

Diphtheria. None observed.

fever, which I

Two cases I at

two I could not

North Conway — JOSEPH H. Pitman, m. d.

Typhoid Fever.- Seven cases, noue fatal; five in town, two in Jackson. Attributed three cases to impure drinking-water; the others were of a mild type and the cause obscure.

Diphtheria.— None in town; one case in Bartlett; six in Jackson, five fatal. The origin of the disease is not clear to my mind. I have no doubt that polluted well-water and bad sanitary conditions, if not the cause, are important factors in spreading the disease, for the system, under these conditions, being in a receptive condition, the germs of all zymotic diseases readily find the soil for development.

Derry-I. H. ADAMS, M. D.

Typhoid Fever.- Twenty-three cases, one fatal; twenty-one, with one fatal, in town. Attribute it to impure water. Diphtheria. - Three mild cases, none fatal. the most common source of diphtheria.

Dover M. C. LATHROP, M. D.

Think filth is

Typhoid Fever. None, i. e., no typical cases of the disease. Attribute typhoid fever to a specific contagium vivum, whose generation is amenable to sanitary limitations.

Diphtheria. Two cases, neither fatal.

Both cases were spo

radic; neither had an apparent history of exposure to other cases of the same disease, or to other insalubrious conditions.

Dover

T. J. W. PRAY, M. D.

Typhoid Fever. - Eight cases, none fatal. Attribute it to filth and bad drainage. In three or four cases an unusual attending symptom was neuralgia in different parts of the abdomen. This was persistent, and nothing but opiates in full doses would avail anything.

Diphtheria. Four cases. These may have been due to decayed vegetable matter in a marsh near by. Consider filth and want of suitable ventilation to be common sources of the disease.

One case, from Lawrence, Mass., recovered.

Attribute the disease to a specific poison.

Diphtheria. — Three cases, none fatal. Sanitary conditions not good in two cases.

Typhoid Fever.
Diphtheria.

Dover-JOHN R. HAM, M. D.

One case, not fatal. Could discover no cause in this case; think it is usually caused by contagion from a specific germ.

Typhoid Fever.

One case, recovered. The disease was contracted in Massachusetts, and patient came here for treatment; cause to me unknown. Am unable to state what may be the cause of typhoid fever.

Diphtheria. Two cases, both recovered. Attribute the disease to bad sanitary conditions.

Dover M. B. SULLIVAN, M. D.

Typhoid Fever. -Two cases, both recovered. Attribute the disease to bad drainage, etc.

Diphtheria. Two cases, both recovered. Unsanitary conditions were the main cause.

Dover SMITH AND CHAMBERLAIN, M. DS.

Typhoid Fever. - Two cases, not fatal. This is an acute infectious disease, produced by specific poison originating within the body and developing outside, and is taken up by other organisms; may also arise de novo.