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Of the notifiable Infectious Diseases, 224 cases came under
notice during the year 1897. Of these 224 cases, 131 were of
Scarlet Fever; 3 were of Small-Pox; 49 were of Diphtheria; 24
were of Erysipelas; 13 were of Enteric Fever; 1 was of Puerperal
Fever; 1 was of Membranous Croup, and 2 of Continued Fever.
Of the 224 cases, 180 were removed to Extra-Parochial Hospitals,
1 to the Union House in Poland Street, and 3 to private residences;
44 of the cases were not removed. Details of these 224
cases are appended in Table II., pages 14 to 30.
Tables of the causes of death and other data for the year 1897
are appended.
The parish has been visited by no epidemic during the year
1897.
Mr. John Percy Folland, and Mr. Thomas Winter Calverley,
our two Sanitary Inspectors, have given me cordial and efficient
assistance in the sanitary work of the Parish. During the year
1897, the sanitary work of the Parish has been quietly, and, in
my opinion, efficiently done.
The routine work as Medical Officer of Health has been done
by me throughout the whole of the year.
Under date December 15th, 1896, the London County Council,
taking action under "The Metropolis Local Management Act,
1855," published a draft of proposed new Bye-laws for the
regulation of drainage and other sanitary works in London. As
these Bye-laws would affect property of an annual rateable value
of £40,000,000 sterling, it is of vast importance to have such
Bye-laws well considered, and to have their text so clearly worded
as to be intelligible to practical builders and householders. At
the instance of the Public Health Committee of St. James's
Vestry, a detailed Report on the text and on the effect of the proposed
Bye-laws was prepared by the Surveyor, Henry Monson,Esq.,
and myself. That Report was printed and circulated, and its