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Whooping Cough.—No death was assigned to this
disease. It was, however, very prevalent in this District
during the preceding year. In London the number of deaths
from whooping cough was 1,720.
Diarrhoea was the assigned cause of only 6 deaths, and
of these 5 were those of young children. In London the
number of deaths was 4,196. It was very prevalent during
the third quarter of the year, the temperature during that
quarter being above the average.
The measures taken in dealing with the cases arising in
the District outside Guy's Hospital were as follows:—
Number of rooms fumigated 113
Number of rooms stripped and cleansed by
Owner or Occupier 89
Do. do. by the Board 7
Number of notices served, calling the attention
of Occupiers of Houses to the
provisions of Sections 02 and 65 P.H.
(London) Act, 1891 93
Number of notices requiring disinfection 91
Number of articles of bedding, clothing, &c.,
disinfected 6,900
Number of articles given up and destroyed
(exclusive of books) 1,318
Number of persons using Shelter 82
Disinfection, &c.