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register, and personal enquiry after such children as are
not brought within the usual time. But it is difficult to
be safe from the immigration of unprotected persons from
other districts.
In the Belgrave Sub-district, 5,093 cases were treated
by the Parochial Surgeons, at St. George's Hospital, the
Royal Pimlico Dispensary, and the St. Paul's and St. Barnabas'
Dispensary, and at the Workhouse, Little Chelsea,
whereas in the corresponding winter quarters of 1857 and
1858, the numbers were respectively 5,335 and 6,487.
Of the 5,093 cases, 3,087 were patients at St. George's
Hospital, leaving a remainder of 2,006.
We find that the above included 6 of small-pox, 7 of
chicken-pox, 48 of measles, 11 of scarlatina, 36 of whooping
cough, 3 of croup, 96 of diarrhoea, 3 of cholera, 37
of continued fever, 59 of rheumatic fever, 14 of erysipelas,
1 of diphtheria, and 5 of ague, 3 of which occurred
among non-parishioners.
There were also 493 cases of bronchitis, 10 of pleurisy,
and 15 of pneumonia.
III. Ventilation of Sewers. It is well known, that
the present mode of ventilating sewers, in many instances,
causes a great annoyance to the inhabitants, and, in some,
is highly prejudicial to health. For example, one end of
Eccleston Place in the Belgrave Sub-district, forms a cul
de sac, and a ventilator is placed over the sewer towards
the closed extremity. The result is, that frequent complaints
have arisen from the inhabitants of the houses on
either side, in consequence of the effluvium which escapes
from the opening, particularly during warm weather. Medical
men have also expressed a strong opinion, that it has
produced numerous cases of sickness. But loud complaints