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Medical Officer's Report.
DIARRHŒA.
The number of deaths assigned to diarrhoea was 26, of which 21 were
of children under five years of age, the great majority being infants under
one year of age, and took place in the third or summer quarter.
Of 4196 deaths assigned to diarrhoea in London, 3651 took place in
the third quarter, and 3330 were of children under one year of age.
The temperature of the summer quarter was 2.80 above the average of the
preceding 128 years, and the rainfall of that quarter was very much less than
the average.
DISINFECTION.
During the year ending December, 1899—
313 rooms were fumigated and cleansed. The rooms were also stripped
and lime-whited when necessary.

Arrangements were made with the Clerkenwell Vestry for articles to be
disinfected in their new steam apparatus after the 24th June, 1898. Prior to
this the articles were disinfected by Messrs. Armfield & Sons.
The family shelter at 47, Northampton Road (conjointly used by the
Clerkenwell Vestry) was used for sleeping accommodation by 13 families,
consisting of 52 persons, from this District during the disinfection of their
rooms.
THE MEAT MARKET.
During the past four years the amount of meat "seized," offal excluded
was:—