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appeared, who have been compelled to leave their dwellings for
the purpose of enabling such dwellings to be disinfected by the
Sanitary Authority."
The above house was purchased by the Board for the use of
the Greenwich District (which includes the Parish of Deptford),
and a caretaker was engaged to take charge.
The house has been partly furnished, and during the year
was inhabited by 11 families—Deptford, 2; Greenwich, 9.
The number of deaths of infants under one year during 1895
was 266= to 4.2 per 1,000. Last year, 1894, there were 229, and
the death rate was equal to 3.7 per 1,000.
One hundred and eighty-four deaths of persons aged 80 and
upwards were registered during the year, being an increase of
95 as compared with that of last year.
During the year I visited the Slaughter-houses and Cow-sheds,
and found them in a satisfactory condition.
The Bakehouses were also inspected, and those that were
in an unsanitary condition reported to the Board.
I have much pleasure in stating that your Sanitary Inspectors
(Messrs. Wilson and Fisher) have been of great assistance to me.
They have discharged their onerous duties with zeal, intelligence,
and success.
The appointment of a Sanitary Inspector to carry out the
duties in connection with the notification of Infectious Disease