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as in West Hackney, whilst they have slightly diminished in
Stamford Hill and Sonth Hackney, pointing to similar conclusions
as regards population to those arrived at from the births.
Disinfection.—The number of articles disinfected during
the year and also of houses disinfected were not so large ns
when small-pox was prevalent, because, as before stated, wo
do not have anything like so many applications for disinfection
of houses in which scarlet fever has occurred from
persons occupying the better class of houses, although the
numbers differ but little from those of 1886. The number of
beds removed to the Board's apparatus and disinfected were
110: of mattresses 64; of palliasses 16; of bolsters 79; of
pillows 238; of blankets 185; of sheets 43; quilts 67; and
other articles 230. There has not been any complaint during
the year of damage by scorching, or loss of anything removed
from the houses of the inhabitants to the disinfeoting chamber.

During the year one application was made for a certificate
that a cab had been properly disinfected, which was rendered
necessary by the cab having been used for the conveyance of a