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excites greater aversion than the other, and is much more feared
Besides, there are many more requests made for disinfection
proportionally for small-pox than for scarlet fever.
The streets and groups of houses in which scarlet fever
prevailed outside the half-mile radius in each of the three epidemic
years, were those occupied by the poorer classes, as at Hackney
Wick; in the streets between the south end of the London
Fields and the southern boundary of the Parish; in Blanchard
Road and Street, &c.; and in the poorer streets of Shacklewell;
and in the vicinity of Rossington Street. Within-the quartermile
radius, the streets to the south and west of the hospital;
and in the streets situated within the quarter and half-mile
radii, those between Berger and Wick Roads, as well as Chalgrove
Road were severely affected in 1886, but scarcely at all in 1882
and 1886. The figures also show that the disease was much more
uniformly distributed over the district in 1887 than in 1882 and
1886. The large number of deaths in good class houses, compared
with " cases " in these and smaller houses, shows that a considerable
number of cases in the better class houses were not
reported to me, and that therefore the comparison is by no
means reliable, although it is the best I can make. The number
of beds occupied at one time in the hospital in these years is
shown in the following table.