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houses be carefully watched, the removal of house-refuse be
strictly enjoined, and notices drawn up cautioning persons to
attend to the ordinary conditions of health, be printed and
circulated. A house to house visitation was commenced
wherever diarrhoea had ended fatally.
Attention was directed to the occurrence of scarlatina
and severe quinsy, more particularly in Caroline-street,
where, in one house, three cases had already proved fatal, and
an infant soon afterwards died from that complaint. In
another house, in the same street, four children were found
suffering from the same disease, and the premises were
in such a bad condition as to need thorough repair.
Certain slaughter-houses were also reported to be quite
unfit for the intended purpose.
Three deaths from typhus fever having occurred at one
house in Upper Belgrave Terrace, the premises were visited,
and although apparently clean and healthy, yet it was found
that the children lived in the back kitchen, the window of
which was generally open, and close to a common privy, very
offensive, with a dust bin uncovered, full of dust and decomposing
vegetable matter. These evils were soon remedied.
It is gratifying to mention that a Meeting took place
among the licensed Butchers, on Wednesday, October 21st,
and a Committee was appointed to adopt the best means of
cleaning away the refuse and garbage of slaughtering between
10 p. m. and 8 a.m.
The water in the Plunge Bath at Lower Belgrave Place,
during the summer, continued remarkably clear, until
nearly the middle of October, when it became turbid and
of a dark brown colour, though when poured into a
tumbler it appeared to be sufficiently bright for drinking
purposes, the larger mass having produced a dark shade.