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was a dirty dustbin at the end of the yard. The children were
accustomed to play near this, and I was told that it frequently
smelt very badly.
The second death from diphtheria occurred in Stanley Gardens.
The man was a policeman. The drainage in this road has
always been a scource of trouble. This year a considerable number
of these houses have been redrained. I believe there are still
some of these houses that require seeing to and I would urge the
Board to have them all inspected, and those houses that have not
been already treated, seen to. As I have already mentioned, 60
deaths were caused by diarrhœa. 59 of these occured in children'
under five years of age. The hot and dry summer has no doubt a
good deal to account for this high mortality, milk food becoming
more easily sour. The bottles from which infants are fed being an
additional cause.
Four deaths occurred from Typhoid Fever, out of 19 cases
reported. Two of these occurred at Willesden in different houses
one at South Acton, and one in S. Mary's Parish.
Six deaths were caused by Puerperal Fever, while only two
cases were notified.
Ten deaths occurred from Scarlet Fever out of 192 cases
which were notified.
NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
During this year, I caused a circular, a copy of which is
appended, to be distributed to each house in which any infectious
disease occurred. On one side of this circular the householde