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more than one family living in the house, proves as effectual, if
not more so, as regards diphtheria, than closing the schools.
The Education Code of 1883 gives full power to sanitary
authorities to shut up Board Schools, as "the Managers must
comply with any notice of the sanitary authority of the district
in which the School is situated, requiring them for a specified
time either to close the school or exclude any scholars from
attendance, subject to an appeal to the Educational Department,
if the Managers consider the notice to be unreasonable."
The number of deaths from diphtheria in the district were
greater than in any former year, as in 1882, when it was very prevalent,
the mortality was only 51, which, allowing for difference
in the number of residents, represents 58, against 72 in 1888.
The mortality from diphtheria in London at large was also greater
than before, as 1,268 deaths were registered in 1888, against
973 in 1884, 951 in 1883, and 961 in 1887.
Nuisances were found in 39 out of the 125 houses
inspected; some were very trifling, and others of considerable
importance. The worst were as follows:—
De Beauvoir Square—Bell traps, sink, and stack-pipes in
direct communication with the drains, and also defective water
supply apparatus. Culford Road—Bell traps, sink, and stackpipes
directly connected with the drains. Colenso Road—One
closet was choked and nailed up, and the drain ventilator broken
off near the first floor back room window. Brett Road—Drains
choked, defective water apparatus to the closet, and sink waste
directly connected with the drains. Cassland Road— Yard damp,
paving imperfect, sink directly connected with the drains. Manor
Road—Bath, lavatory, and sink pipes improperly connected with
the drains, and paving required in the yard. Wharf Road—
A choked stack pipe, with hopper-head near window, yard
gully broken. Seal Street—Pool of stagnant water in the
yard. Ritson Road—Sink and stack pipe connected directly
with the drains, defective water apparatus to the closet, yard