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ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF
District may be seen in Table V. (in the Appendix).
The Strand rate is 0.3 below that for London.
Measles was prevalent in St. Anne's parish in the
first quarter of the year, in St. Mary and St. Clement's
Sub-Registration Districts in the second quarter, while
whooping-cough prevailed somewhat extensively in St.
Clement's district during the first quarter, appearing in
Soho in the second quarter and continuing there
throughout the rest of the year. The death rates from
these two diseases and from enteric fever are the only
ones above the London zymotic rates. In the Metropolis
the mortality from measles and diphtheria showed
a marked increase compared with the average of the
previous ten years, while that of the other principal
zymotic diseases showed a decline.
Disinfection.
During the twelve months ending 31st December,
1894, 101 premises were purified and cleansed after
infectious disease, and 3,253 articles were disinfected
in your Board's apparatus.
In addition to disinfecting after cases of small-pox,
scarlet fever, diphtheria, enteric fever and other
notifiable diseases, disinfection has also been effected on
the certificates of medical men that it was requisite
after one case of measles and one case of chicken pox.
Thorough cleansing of rooms and in some cases
disinfection by steam has been resorted to after all
deaths from phthisis.
Shelters.—Under Section 60 of the Public Health,
London, Act, the Sanitary Authority shall provide, free
of charge, temporary shelter or house accommodation
for the members of any family in which dangerous