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forced to give in and seek admission to the poor law infirmary.
They must work despite the constant cough and the cutting pain
of pleurisy. Their savings are so small that they must work or go
under. They may not get the rest, which they desire, because of
the noise and traffic in the rooms, the horseplay, and the exigencies
of the bye-laws. They conceal their ailments and wander from
lodging house to lodging house. They spit broadcast on the walls
and on the floors. They use no sputum flasks. To do so would
be to invite discovery. They take no preventive measures. They
use the common kitchen utensils and the common towels. They
are a source of possible danger to the other occupants. One
hundred and twenty-three patients were bedridden at the time of
notification. These late notifications arc of very little value from
a public health standpoint. These cases, where the circumstances
are suitable, are urged to enter the Holborn Infirmary, so as to
remove, even at this late period, the possibility of their infecting
or further infecting the other members of their households.
Distribution by streets and blocks of dwellings.—
The largest numbers were notified from the following places:—
King's Cross Road, 10; Northampton Buildings, 8; Bastwick
Street, 8; Rahere Street, 7; Risinghill Street, 7; Guinness's
Buildings, 7; White Lion Street, 6; Helmet Row, 6; Gee Street,
6; Cumming Street, 6; St. John Street, 5; Pentonville Road, 5;
Donegal Street, 5; Wilmington Square, 4; Whitecross Street, 4;
Victoria Dwellings, 4; St. Bartholomew's Buildings, 4; St.
James's Street, 4; Northampton Road, 4; Murton Street, 4;
Galway Street, 4; Clerkenwell Green, 4; Compton Buildings, 4;
Buxton Street, 4; Warden's Place, 3; Winchester Street, 3; St.
Helena Street, 3; Rod Lion Street, 3; Old Street, 3; Lloyd's Row,
3; Ironmonger Row, 3; Hermes Street, 3; Hatfield Street, 3;
Goswell Road, 3; Great Bath Street, 3; Farringdon Road, 3;
Eagle Dwellings, 3; Easton Street, 3; Corporation Row, 3; Bath
Buildings, 3; Baldwin Street, 3; Brunswick Close, 3; Baker's
Row, 3; Affleck Street, 3. The notifications from the Peabody
Buildings were as follows: Roscoe Street, 8; Errol Street, 3;
Farringdon Road, 2; Dufferin Street, 2.