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Twenty cases of infectious disease were notified.
They were :—scarlet fever 8, diphtheria 5, erysipelas
3, puerperal 1, enteric or typhoid fever 3.
In London the mortality from measles, diphtheria
and diarrhœa, is above the average ; that from
scarlet fever and whooping cough below it.
I have again visited Mr. Morgan's cowhouses, near
the Alma School. The statements respecting the
hour at which the manure is removed are conflicting.
I have recommended that notice should be sent to
your sanitary officers at the time when it is said a
nuisance is being caused, or the regulations for the
removal of manure are being disregarded.
November 11th, 1895.
During the week that ended on the 2nd day of
November, 62 births and 33 deaths were registered
in the parish. These numbers indicate an annual
birth rate of 38·0, and an annual rate of mortality of
20·2 per thousand of the estimated population. The
corresponding death rate in London was 21·2.
In the class of zymotic diseases there were 6 deaths
from measles and 1 registered as diarrhœa. The
latter was a female set. 61 years, and the cause of death