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The following deaths from small-pox were registered :
On November 26th, at 30, Brunswick Road, son of a Carpenter, aged 6 years, small-pox;
duration 11 days. This is the second death from small-pox in this family.
On December 10th, at 15, Whittington Terrace, son of a Greengrocer, 6 months, small-pox;
duration 7 days. Unvaccinated.
On December 13th, at 2, Clyde Terrace, a Licensed Victualler, Small-pox.
On December 21st, at 3, St. James Street, the daughter of a Cab Proprietor, Small-pox;
duration 8 days.
Thirteen persons died at various ages above 80 years; one of them is stated
to have reached 97 years, and another 99 years.
The severe frost, which set in on the 14th and terminated on the 20th of
the month, operated as a sudden check to the progress of scarlet fever—74
cases having this month been returned to me, in place of 123 returned in
November. Among the pauper patients, the weekly numbers were 5, 9, 11,
2, 1. Sidney Grove, situated at the boundary of the parish towards St.
Luke's, has suffered most severely. The pressure of the epidemic bore chiefly
upon the unfortunate inhabitants of a row of nine crowded houses, which for
arrangements at variance with every sanitary principle find no parallel in my
experience. An abortive attempt to ventilate the rooms was made about a
year ago. Their defect, however, lies in their original construction, whereby
darkness and stagnation of air are alone effectually secured.
EDWARD BALLARD, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health
Vestry Offices,
January 6 th, 1860.