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want of air, which after a long struggle has been supplied
by means of a new window to the staircase. There was
besides a defect in the drainage owing to the culpable
carelessness of the inmates.
In Lancashire-court, during the last six months, there
were eight cases of slight fever amongst children, one of
diphtheria, two of possibly contagious ophthalmia, one of
diarrhoea, and two of sore throat. Two houses were found
in which the water had been cut off, and one kitchen which
had been disused as a dwelling place was used again by a
new tenant; these things were remedied, and every house
in the court subjected to as much cleansing and repair as
could legally be demanded. After such operations, it is
our experience that sickness of certain sorts absents itself
for a time. Then in a year, the whole process has to be
repeated.
In the Belgrave Sub-district 7,597 persons were
treated by the Parochial Surgeons, and at St. George's
Hospital, the Royal Pimlico Dispensary, the St. Paul and
St. Barnabas Dispensary, and at the Workhouse, Little
Chelsea.
Of these 4,542 were patients at St. George's Hospital.
The total figures include 17 cases of chicken-pox, 9 of
measles, 102 of scarlet fever, 16 of whooping-cough, 381
of diarrhoea, 40 of continued fever, 29 of rheumatic fever,
14 of erysipelas, 7 of diphtheria, 2 of carbuncle, and 1 of
ague.
There were 211 cases of bronchitis, 15 of pleurisy,
and 24 of pneumonia.
We have the honour to be,
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Your faithful Servants,
C. J. B. Aldis, M.D.
R. Druitt.