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received into the wards in Mount Street the same night.
It is singular that no one told the Medical Officer of the
cases of small-pox when he called on Saturday, although
the disease had appeared on the previous Thursday, but
probably the concealment was intentional. The overcrowding
has been abated.
Robert Street (right-hand side), No. 4. Infected with
small-pox.
Ditto, No. 8. Infected with small-pox.
Commercial Road South, No. 24. Infected with smallpox.
The room where the patient lies is damp, caused by
an obstruction—now removed—in the rain water-pipe.
O' Connor's Yard, West Street. A large quantity of
dung has been removed from here, and from Eccleston
Place.
Eccleston Place, No. 20. Infected with small-pox.
Gillingham Street, No. 60. Infected with small-pox.
An analysis of the water supplied by the Chelsea
Company, and taken January 3rd, 1860, from the main
at Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, produced
Grains per Gallon.
Total Impurity 18.00
Organic ditto 2.12
February 7th, 1860, Total Residue 20.86
Organic Impurity 1.68
March, 6th, 1860, Total Residue 20.56
Total Impurity 1.60
We have the honour to be,
Your faithful Servants,
C. J. B. Aldis, M.D.
R. Droitt.
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