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The number of deaths of children under 1 year
of age was 23, and of persons aged 60 years and
upwards 8.
Two inquests were held. One death was due to
an accidental fall in a bedroom. Three deaths were
uncertified.
Sixteen deaths occurred in outlying institutions,
including 3 from diphtheria.
Thirty-one notifications of infectious diseases
were received from March 31st to April 13th, viz. :
of smallpox 1, scarlet fever 9, diphtheria 18,
erysipelas 2, and typhoid fever 1.
A letter has been received from the Clerk to the
School Board for London stating that the teachers
in Galleywall Road School are very much inconvenienced
by offensive smells which emanate from a
glue factory adjoining the school building, and
requesting that the Vestry will take steps to prevent
the continuance of the nuisance complained of.
The size factory of Johnson, Cole, Brier and
Cordrey, is situate about 80 yards from the school,
being separated by the intervening playground, a
strip of garden ground, the office buildings, and
a roadway. At the present time there are several