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and second deaths. The water closet was taken to pieces, when
it was found that the waste pipe of the cistern discharged itself
into the soil pipe, below the trap of the closet.
In this case the w.c. was re-fitted, a ventilating shaft carried
from the head of the soil pipe to the roof of the house, and the
cistern being on the top landing, thus saving much trouble in
the carriage of water for washing purposes, was fitted with a
key-tap, so that children could not gain access to it.
In another case, where a child died from Diphtheria, running
close by the side of the window of a small sleeping compartment
occupied by the patient, was a leaky stack-pipe, which had been
repaired by another portion of old piping of a different calibre.
The end of this pipe terminated in a sealed gully; the water,
constituting the trap had become partly evaporated during the hot
weather, and what little remained was black from putrescence and
in a state of fermentation.
WHOOPING COUGH.
The year's mortality from Whooping Cough was only 119, as
compared with 303 last year. There were 61 deaths in the June
Quarter; the mortality declining to 24 in September; 12 in
December; and 22 in the March Quarters.
In Lambeth Church 1st part, and in Norwood, no death has
occurred from Whooping Cough in the latter half of the year.
TYPHUS FEVER.
Seven cases of Typhus Fever proved fatal to Lambeth residents
in the year; the total number of deaths was 23, including 16
strangers in the Stockwell Hospital.
The Brixton and Norwood Districts escaped, and only one death
occurred in Lambeth, in the March Quarter. The 4 cases in the
preceding Quarter (December) were in Waterloo Road 2nd part,
and Lambeth Church 1st and 2nd parts.