The Municipal Police draw atten tion to the conditions of Trame Remulation No. 27 which reads og fol-ows: a toad Wey" for the purpose of taking 'A dalvor when stopping his vehicle tip' or setting down of patcengets of for folker reason (except invobedlence theft aide ofthe venice 96 Sloss the totter a possible. pee 'This regulation was amended on January' 21, -1037 to provide. that Vehicles when stopping at, the Kerb ust do so with the left side of the vehicle to kerb, Ample warning has been given of this change and it is now intended to enforce it rigorously, Dune February, the Public Library issued 4,945 volumes to subscribers, 3,892 of fiction and 1,007 of non-fiction. Altogether 5,242 persons made use of the reading room during the month. The Library now has 871 subscribers.
Smallpox continued to be present epidemic form, although there was an appreciable diminution in the number of cases notified, Foreign and Chinese returns show a case fatality of approximately 40 per cent. a clear indication of the gravity this disease, and the necessity of securing flection through the simple profess of periodic vaccina~ ion.
The increases noted in regard to measles and cerebrospinal fever do not call for any special comment os cases were not very numerous, but it might be mentioned that the months during which heavy incidence of these two diseases Is to be expected are March and April with a decreas~ ing but still high incidence in May. Precautions should be taken to avoid the exposure of young children to the danger of crowded areas.
In regard to babies it may be noted that the number of persons bitten has no constant relation to the number of mad dogs prevalent at any one time, 'The rabid dog ts a wander ing. animal, hence should" rabies attack a homeless animal it may, before being captured, have covered a relatively' wide arca. This fact renders the "'spot-map" of rabid animals of less value than might be anticipated for the reason that the owned and cared for dog attacked by rabies is varely a source of spread amongst. other ous, whereas the movements of strays. (often coming from areas not under control) have 0 far proved incalculable. Hence, whilst_a number of rabid animals may appear in one firca as the result of the entry presumably of one rabid stray (or the contraction of the disease up country), it quite frequently happens that the' next outbreak is in. fan entirely different locality.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.