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Epidemic diseases have not been especially fatal; Measles 13, Fever 19,
Scarlatina 8, Small Pox 1. There have been 46 deaths above the age of 70,
which is nearly an eightieth part of the number living at that age. There have
been 146 deaths under 3 years of age.
A case of Typhus Fever in Johnson Street, Somers Town, is thus
registered:—"The wife of a coal dealer, aged 24 years, Typhus (14 days),
caused by a bad smell from a gully-hole acting on a predisposed constitution."
Mr. Dansey, the Medical Attendant, adds :—"The stench from the gully-hole
outside the door was very bad, and on Thursday, November 13th, the sewer
was opened and the contents emptied into the street within four yards of the
house, and the filth left exposed from half-past eleven a.m. until six p.m.,
during which time the patient became much worse, caused, I have no doubt, by
breathing the poisoned air from the exposed filth, and from that time she never
rallied." This matter has already been under the attention of the Yestry, and
I recommend that for the future the regulations with reference to the removal
of the contents of sewers and filth be more strictly enforced.
The mean temperature of the four weeks has been 40°.8, which is
about 3° below the average of corresponding weeks in 38 years (as determined
by Mr. Glaisher). On every day from the 2nd to the 20th of the month the
temperature was below the average, and dense fogs were frequent. The highest
reading of the thermometer at Greenwich was on the 23rd November, when it
was 58°, the lowest was on the 29th, when it was 24°.3.
"WORKHOUSE.
There have been 30 deaths in the Workhouse, and two sent from the
Workhouse have died in the Fever Hospital; one of these was a "casual." There
has been one death from erysipelas, and several severe cases of the same
disease which have recovered have occurred. Childbirth has been fatal to two
persons. Two have died of syphilis. Six of bronchitis. The average number
of inmates during the month has been 1423.
THOMAS HILLIER.