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REPORT
ON THE
SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE PARISHES OF
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,
DURING TIIE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1858,
BY
BARNARD HOLT, F.R.C.S.
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Members of the District Board of Worhs.
Gentlemen,
I have the honor to report to you that the
united Parishes still continue to exhibit a remarkable freedom
from disease; the month has been an exceedingly healthy one,
and the Deaths are less than in any similar month for many
years. The main diminution in comparison with the previous
year, consists in the subsidence of Diarrhoea, the Deaths from
this disease for the present month being but as G against 23.
This however will not entirely account for the great difference,
which is probaby to be attributed to the remarkable clear state
of the atmosphere, and the absence of damp and any very
considerable variations in temperature.
The three cases of Deaths reported from Fever have been
returned as occurring in the Scotts Fusilcer Guards Hospital;
the patients however came from the Tower and Portman
B arracks, and are consequently omitted in the corrected list.