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occurred from this disease in Public Institutions outside of
the Parish. Several cases of this disease occurred in Clayton's
Yard, which induced me to make a thorough inspection of the
whole of the dwellings there and to order a number of sanitary
improvements, which have all been carried out by the
owner. Several cases of this disease having also occurred
in one of the Model Dwellings in the Parish, I found, on
investigation, that the only circumstance common to all the
families attacked was that they used condensed milk of a
particular brand. I obtained some tins of this milk from the
same sources and forwarded them to Dr. Klein, F.R.S., of the
Brown Institution, he examined them, and reported that in
one of them he found the organism which has been recently
shewn to be the cause of Scarlet Fever in human beings, and
also the cause of a comparatively mild disease in cows: which
discovery, I may remark, is obviously of the highest importance,
as it gives us some hope of being able to check the
ravages of this very prevalent, and often very fatal disorder.
Diphtheria caused 32 deaths, a rather lower number than
in 1885 when it caused 35 deaths, but still a large number for
the Parish, being nearly twice the annual average of the
previous 10 years. Of these 32 deaths, however, no less than
12 were those of non-parishioners dying in St. George's
Hospital; 2 others occurred in Peabody's Buildings, the
disease having been introduced there; only one of our
Parishioners died of this disease in a Public Institution outside
of the Parish.
Whooping Cough caused no less than 40 deaths during the
year, as against only 19 in 1885 (during which year the Parish
was exceptionally free from this disease), and an annual
average of 372 during the preceding 10 years.
Typhus Fever.—No death from this disease was registered
in the Parish during the year.
Enteric (Typhoid) Fever caused only 12 deaths in the
Parish during the year, a larger number than in 1885, but