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excess of caution is used with regard to slaughter-houses,
these equally dangerous premises are left without effective
regulation; and we believe that a legislative measure for this
purpose would be a benefit to the public, and be felt as a
great protection by the respectable persons who carry on the
business of marine store-dealers.
In the' Hanover and May Fair Sub-districts, during the last
thirteen weeks of 1857, the total number of deaths registered
was 153, including 22 in the Mount-street workhouse. Of
these, five were cases of measles, 14 of scarlet fever, and
three of typhus or continued fever.
In the corresponding portion of 1856, the total number of
deaths registered was 138, including 29 in the workhouse.
Of the 138, two were cases of scarlet fever, one of measles,
and one of typhus.
Throughout this quarter of 1857, there was abundance
of illness, and especially of the zymotic, or epidemic kind.
1126 cases of illness were relieved by the Parochial Medical
Officers, and by the Medical Officers of the Dispensary
in Mount-street; whereas, in the corresponding part of
1856, the total number of cases so relieved was 787.
The 1126 cases include 55 cases of measles, 21 of scarlet
fever, and 78 of various kinds of common, or continued fever.
Hooping cough, catarrh, and influenza were prevalent, and
cases of chicken pox and mumps were scattered here and
there.
During this period, the number of deaths in Belgravia
amounted to 270, of which 62 were those of non-parishioners
in St. George's Hospital. Zymotic disease killed 43 persons,
of whom 14 died from scarlatina, eight from typhus fever,
and six from croup.
The deaths in this part of the parish, during the last