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accommodation, with any necessary attendants, for the members
of any family, in which any dangerous infectious disease has
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 1896
was 283 = 4.6 per 1,000. Last year, 1895, there were 266, and
the Death Rate was equal to 4.2 per 1,000.
Seventy.two deaths of persons aged 80 and upwards were
registered during the year, being a decrease of 112 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