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fatal amongst persons of affluence than amongst the destitute
(which is doubtful), it must be admitted likewise that some
of the houses of persons above the reach of want, are in a
state which, we are glad to say, no poor lodging house in this
parish would be allowed to remain in for a single week.
In the Belgrave sub-district, the houses in which diphtherite
was fatal, were 13, Upper Tachbrook Street, boy of
2, son of a policeman; 6, Little Chester Street, boy of 1¼, son
of a farrier; 28, Hugh Street West, girl set. 3, daughter of
a carpenter; la, Hugh Street West, daughter of a baker,
set. 4, and another daughter set. 7; 32, Hindon Street,
daughter of a carpenter, set. 3; St. George's Hospital,
daughter of an Inspector of Chelsea Water Works, set. 8,
from Sloane Street; 13, West Street, daughter of a
musician, set. 4; 62, Westbourne Street, daughter of a
messenger to Board of Trade, set. 4; 22, Shaftesbury Crescent,
a female, no occupation, set. 32; 22, Hindon Place, daughter
of a journeyman carpenter, set. 2; 22, Graham Street, son of
a clerk, set. 2; also the wife set. 35 ; 62, Warwick Street,
daughter of a gentleman, set. 4. One of the cases was
fatal in 24 hours; another, as we have before said, lingered
for six weeks.
We have given these details at length, in order to show
exactly the places, the ages, and the condition in life, of the
victims, and to correct any exaggerated fears that may
prevail. The 18 lives which this new form of disease has
taken from us, demand that all possible enquiry should be
made into causes, and every care taken in prevention; and
the fact that more than one case occurs at the same time in
one house, points evidently to local causes as inviting or
bringing the malady. But the disease is by no means
generally diffused; and no case of it has been yet entered