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Upon the recovery or removal of a patient the necessary
disinfection has been carried out, consisting of the stripping
and limewashing of the infected room after fumigation, and of
disinfecting the bedding and infected articles and clothing in
the Council.s steam disinfector.
The death rate was equal to an annual rate of 0.02 per
1,000, whilst for the three preceding years it was 0.02, 0.03,
and 0.05. The case mortality for 1912 was 22.2 per cent,
compared with 15.+ for 1911.
The rate of mortality for England and Wales was 0.04, for
the 95 great towns 0.04, for the 136 smaller towns 0.04, and for
the County of London 0.03.
The following table gives the situation in the borough of
each case and the general condition of the dwellings:—
Address.
W ard.
Age.
Sex
W.C.
accommodation.
Yard
Paving.
Sanitary Defects
and Remarks.
Oldfield Villas
N.W.
10
M.
1 internal
1 external
Concrete
„
Drains tested—no
result
Folkestone Gdns.
N.
7
M.
Internal
„
Drains modern.
Woodpecker Rd.
N.W.
30
M.
External
Concrete
stone
Drain tested—no
result.
Evelyn Street
N.
25
M.
„
Concrete
Drain tested—no
result, yard paving,
scullery
walls and floor
defective.
Fawcett Road
N.W.
17
F.
„
Concrete
Drain tested—no
result.
Pomeroy Street
S.W.
17
M.
„
Sound
Drain tested—no
result.
Knott Street
E.
8
M.
„
„
Drain tested—no
result.
Knott Street
E.
14
M.
„
„
Drain tested—no
result.
Amersham Vale
E.
23
M.
Internal
„
Drain tested—no
result.