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fects of which without it we should know nothing. And well
as the work has hitherto been done, now that a regular
Inspector has been appointed to this Sub-district more
frequent inspections will be made than it was possible before
to do, and such a register will be kept that at a glance we
shall know the condition of every house and street—and
whether Cholera or any other disease may come amongst us
we shall be in the best possible condition to resist it. And
now that other sections of the Sanitary Act have come into
operation and special regulations issued by the Local Government
Board for adoption there will be scarcely any matter
with which we shall not be able to deal.
This is the first year for which the deaths of persons belonging
to the Parish but dying in Institutions outside it,
have been received and consequently taken into the calculations—the
numbers were but 47 and make as will be seen
further on, but a slight difference in the death-rate. It is
satisfactory to observe that there were only two cases of
Scarlet Fever all the others being chronic cases of illness or
the result of accidents or operations in the general Hospitals,
and I believe that this number is more than counterbalanced
by persons from other districts who come to reside in the
parish for the purpose of attending the various hospitals in
the Metropolis of whom we have no record.
Population.—In June the parish was divided into two
registration districts by the Registrar-General and the exact
number of persons residing in this Sub-district at the time of
the census was given, viz: 52,587, this being 2,479 more than
was originally stated by the local census officer. This will
explain the alteration made in the population paragraph at
the head of the mortality table. Taking this as the basis on
which to calculate our present numbers in the usual way pursued
by the Registrar-General 58,439 will be the official
population for the district. At the same time, even with this
increased number, the fact must not be lost sight of that the