of temperature on alternate days. Occasionally a pure case without complication.

Water Supply-From wells principally. At Glasgow, a factory village near Voluntown, the tenements are supplied from a spring situated on sufficiently high ground to run in the sinks of tenements in the second story.

Sewage Disposal-Either in cess-pools or on top of ground.

Drainage-The villages of the town are located on hilly ground offering very fair drainage, all tending into the Ashland stream, excepting in a few cases which flow into the Quinnebaugh. General Sanitary Condition-Indifferent.

LISBON-W. T. BROWNE, M.D.

Diseases specially prevalent-None.

Typhoid Fever-Less than in former years. Most prevalent in August. Disinfection of excreta of typhoid patients is not always insisted upon by the physicians.

Small Pox or Varioloid-None. Vaccination is not a condition of admission to the public schools.

Scarlet Fever-None.

Measles-None.

Diphtheria-Mild generally. Two severe cases and two deaths in November. Isolation and disinfection are practiced. General sanitary condition of houses infected with diphtheria, bad.

Malarial Diseases-Have prevailed less than in 1887. General character: headache.

Water Supply-Wells and springs.

Sewage Disposal-Privies and surface pools.
Drainage-Little attempt at drainage.

General Sanitary Condition-Indifferent.

MONTVILLE-EARL MATTHEWSON, M.D.

Diseases specially prevalent-During latter part of June, July and August, dysentery.

Typhoid Fever-More than in former years. Most prevalent in summer and fall. Disinfection of excreta of typhoid patients is always, I think, insisted upon by the physicians.

Small Pox or Varioloid--None,

tion of admission to public schools.

Vaccination is not a condi

Scarlet Fever-None. Isolation and disinfection is, I think, always practiced with scarlet fever patients.

Measles-During winter and spring a mild form. A number of cases followed by pneumonia. No restrictive precautions. Diphtheria-None. Isolation and disinfection are practiced. Malarial Diseases-Have prevailed much more than in 1887. Water Supply-Wells and cisterns. General Sanitary Condition-Indifferent.

NEW LONDON-A. W. NELSON, M.D.

Diseases specially prevalent-Intermittents, typhoid, pneumonia, dysentery, mumps, consumption, paralysis, apoplexy prevail in some degree. Causes hardly removable. Measles, German measles, mumps, disseminated by contagion at school. Many cases. More cases of dysentery than usual.

Typhoid Fever-More than in former years. Most prevalent in autumn. Disinfection of excreta of typhoid patients insisted upon probably in half the cases by the physicians.

Small Pox or Varioloid-None. tion of admission to public schools. Scarlet Fever-None.

Measles-Considerable, mild.

Vaccination is not a condi

Diphtheria-Slight in extent, mild. Proportion of deaths small. Isolation and disinfection are usually practiced. General sanitary condition of houses infected with diphtheria, poor. Malarial Diseases-Have prevailed as in 1887. General character: mild, some remittent and some intermittent.

Water Supply-Lake Konomoc, seven miles west.

Sewage Disposal-Half by new sewers, half cess-pools and vaults.

Drainage-Rather indifferent; by cess-pools, etc.

General Sanitary Condition-Approaches good.

NORTH STONINGTON-E. H. KNOWLES, M.D.

Diseases specially prevalent-None.

Typhoid Fever-Less than in former years. Most prevalent in September. Disinfection of excreta of typhoid patients is, I think, always insisted upon by the physicians.

Small Pox or Varioloid-None. Vaccination is not a condition of admission to public schools.

Scarlet Fever More than in years past; mild type. I think there have been no deaths. Isolation and disinfection not always practiced with scarlet fever patients.

Measles-I do not think there has been a case in town this year. Diphtheria-Very few cases, mild type. No deaths to my knowledge. Isolation and disinfection not practiced.

Malarial Diseases-Have prevailed about as in 1887. General character Typho-malarial in some cases, and what is generally understood as malaria.

Water Supply-Springs and wells.

Sewage Disposal-Not very good, all being on the surface.
Drainage-Same as sewage.

General Sanitary Condition-Indifferent.

NORWICH-L. S. PADDOCK, M.D.

Diseases specially prevalent-Typhoid fever, dysentery, scarlet fever, pneumonia. The causes are removable partly by more thorough disinfection.

Typhoid Fever-Less than in former years. Most prevalent in November, 1887, February, 1888. Disinfection of excreta of typhoid patients is, I think, always insisted upon by the physicians.

Small Pox or Varioloid-None. Vaccination is not a condition of admission to public schools.

Scarlet Fever-Very few cases, and of very mild character. Theoretically, isolation and disinfection may be practiced with scarlet fever patients, but I doubt whether there is always the care exercised which the physician suggests. The mass of people do not appreciate the danger which belongs to mild cases. Most of the cases occurred during last winter.

Measles-None.

Diphtheria-Few cases, not severe, reported in December and January. Some recent cases more severe. Isolation and disinfection are practiced. General sanitary condition of houses infected with diphtheria, in many instances perfect.

Malarial Diseases-Have prevailed more than in 1887. General character: an indescribable indisposition, with an occasional chill.

Water Supply-We have a bountiful supply of pure water from our reservoir. This is so situated between hills as to form

almost a natural basin, and hence surface water is ponded; but it is also fed by a large number of springs of pure water.

Sewage Disposal-Our system of sewerage is not complete; we are making advances from time to time. The sewage is conveyed to the rivers.

Drainage Our city is so built on hills that it cannot fail to be naturally drained; but this is much aided by science, so that we can say our drainage is excellent. General Sanitary Condition-Good.

OLD LYME-G. W. HARRIS, M.D.

Diseases specially prevalent-Measles, cardiac, renal, rheumatic, malarial, catarrhal, pulmonary, intestinal. Reasons for prevalence: the usual causes; especially individual habits and varieties of temperature. The causes are, with proper care, at least avoidable.

Typhoid Fever-None.

Small Pox or Varioloid-None. Vaccination is not a condition of admission to public schools. But all are probably vaccinated.

Scarlet Fever-One case. In very isolated locality. Typical. Anginosa. No deaths. Isolation and disinfection are always

practiced with scarlet fever patients.

Measles-Prevailed extensively during January, February and March, and during severe weather was complicated with bronchitis, and very severe.

Diphtheria-A few isolated cases. No deaths. Isolation and disinfection are practiced. In its beginning and mode of spreading seemed in its advent simultaneous with a bad cold, which probably afforded the opportunity for zymotic infection. General sanitary condition of houses infected is good.

Malarial Diseases-Have prevailed less than in 1887. General character: but few cases develop regular paroxysms of fever owing to the common exhibition of quinia.

Water Supply-Wells.

Sewage Disposal-Privies and cess-pools.

Drainage-Natural inequalities of surface and a few tile

ditches.

General Sanitary Condition-Good.

PRESTON-O. F. HARRIS, M.D.

Diseases specially prevalent-Cholera infantum.

Typhoid Fever-Less than in former years. Most prevalent in August.

Small Pox or Varioloid-None. Vaccination is not a condition of admission to public schools.

Scarlet Fever-Very few cases. Isolation and disinfection is not always practiced with scarlet fever patients.

Measles-Few. Form light. Restrictive precautions: isolated

patient.

Diphtheria-Very few cases.

practiced.

Water Supply-Aqueduct.

Isolation and disinfection is not

Sewage Disposal-No public sewers.

Drainage-The thickly settled portion of town is fortunately located on high ground, and unless very dry there is no trouble. General Sanitary Condition-Very good.

SALEM-CHARLES F. CONGDON, M.D.

Diseases specially prevalent-Neuralgia, rheumatism, diseases of lungs. Reasons for prevalence: carelessness and exposure to cold and wet. The causes are, in a great measure, removable.

Typhoid Fever None. Disinfection of excreta of typhoid patients is not always insisted upon by the physicians.

Small Pox or Varioloid-None. Vaccination is not a condition of admission to public schools; but it should be.

Scarlet Fever-None. Isolation and disinfection are not always practiced with scarlet fever patients.

Measles-None.
Diphtheria-None.

Malarial Diseases-Have prevailed less than in 1887. General character: Fewer cases but they were more typical. Water Supply-Wells.

Sewage Disposal-Open sink drains.

General Sanitary Condition-Not enough attention is paid to sanitary conditions of dwellings, cellars and their surroundings. I think that the continuance of good health is owing to the hardy constitutions of the people, and free ventilation of the houses and surroundings.