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In consequence of this case, at the request of the Guardians,
samples of the water supplied to the Union were taken and submitted
to the Public Analyst, who pronounced the water to be of good average
quality, but the sample taken from a cistern supplying w.c., the water
of which was also used for drinking, was distinctly inferior to that
obtained from the main.
A careful inspection was also made of tne Workhouse and the
Infirmary by Inspector Jones and myself, with the result that the
sanitary condition of the building was found to be faulty, and I reported
fully on tne matter to the Vestry. A copy of the report was forwarded
to the Guardians, who had also instructed their Architect, Mr. Saxon
Snell, to make a thorough examination of the sanitary condition of the
building, and I was requested by the Guardians to attend a meeting of
the Building Committee, to whom the matter had been referred, and
the Committee then arranged that the necessary work to remedy the
existing defects should be carried out under the superintendence of
Mr. Saxon Snell, and this has since been done.
Erysipelas.
153 cases of this disease were notified, and it was the cause of 11
deaths—5 being of children under the age of 1 year, and one of a
woman three days after confinement.
Puerperal Fever.
Eighteen cases were notified, six of which, including two of nonparishioners,
occurred in the Union Infirmary. Of these 18 cases 14
or 77 per cent. proved fatal, two of the deaths being of non-parishioners.
Including the death ascribed to Erysipelas 13 deaths of parishioners
were due to Septic poisoning after child-birth, being in the proportion of
3.5 deaths to 1000 births.
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Measles.
Twelve deaths were due to this disease, 11 being of children under
5. The death-rate was 0.11, that for London being 0.38. Fulham
was exceptionally free from Measles during the year, and the number
of deaths from it was much under the average number which for the
previous seven year was 77.