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I have inspected Medley's Place and Bell's Court.
There were some sanitary defects which, have been remedied.
The structure of the houses is still fairly good. 1
have examined all the causes of deaths in these buildings
during the last twelve months, and also the register of
notifications of infectious diseases during the same period.
I have not found any evidence which would indicate that
they are an unhealthy area.
The Medical Superintendent of Brook Hospital reports
that three cases—one which had been certified as scarlet
fever, one as enteric fever, and one as diphtheria, were not
suffering from those diseases, or any other notifiable
disease. I have written to each of the medical men who
had sent notifications relating to the cases in question informing
them of the above facts.
In the week that ended on Saturday last, October 29th,
68 births and 29 deaths were registered in the parish,
corresponding to an annual birth rate of 41.3, and an
annual death rate of 17.7 per thousand inhabitants. The
number of deaths of children under one year of age was
13, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards 6. The
only deaths from zymotic disease were 2 from whooping
cough. From pulmonary diseases there were 8 deaths-5
from bronchitis and 3 from pneumonia. In the tubercular
class there was 1 death from meningitis and one from
tuberculosis.
Old age caused 2 deaths, apoplexy 2, and heart disease 1.