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I have had very slight defects to find on my visits, and
on a whole I believe the cowsheds in Fulham would bear comparison
with any in the Metropolis.

SMALLPOX.
The two cases of smallpox which occurred were immediately,
on my receiving infirmation of them, removed to hospital; one
occurred in the Burnthwaite Road, and the other in King's Road.
In neither case was I able to trace the source of the infection. In
both instances the residents in the house were re-vaccinated, and
no second case occurred.
The Metropolis has been virtually free from this disease.
The total number of deaths registered from this disease during the
year were 24.
MEASLES.
Of the 66 cases of measles reported, none were known to your
Sanitary Inspectors until the death of one of the family appeared
in the Registrar's return.
This disease might be considerably checked in its progress
were cases reported to the authorities, but the dread amongst the
poorer classes of being deprived of their work from having the
disease in their house appears to be an insuperable barrier.