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Of the notifiable Infectious Diseases, 144 cases came
under notice during the year 1899. Of these 144 cases,'50
were of Scarlet Fever; 39 were of Diphtheria; 21 were
of Erysipelas; and 34 were of Enteric Fever. Of the
144 cases, 108 were removed to Extra-Parochial Hospitals ;
36 of the cases were not removed. Details of these 144
cases are appended in Table II (pages 16 to 26).
Tables of the causes of death and other data for the
year 1899 are appended.
The births registered in St. James's during the year
1899 were 435. Of these 435 births, 36 occurred in the
Union House.
The Parish has been visited by no epidemic during the
year 1899.
During the year 1899, 138 houses in the poorer quarters
of St. James's have been visited and inspected—mostly
apart from any direct complaint against these particular
houses. In no case has admission been refused. Tenement
houses about which any difficulty occurs as to their
sanitary condition are registered so as to be kept under
efficient control.
Few or none of the tenement houses in St. James's fall
below £100 a year in annual value. In the south-western
part of St. James's the lodging-houses are private hotels
or houses of an altogether different character to those
contemplated in the Bye-laws els to the registration of
" Houses let in Lodgings, or occupied by Members of more
than one family."
WATER SUPPLIES.
Samples of water from the mains of the four companies
which supply the various portions of St. James's have been
frequently examined throughout the year. Occasional