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regulation is in force in the various establishments of the
Church Array. Nothing will more effectually arrest the
spread of smallpox than this kind of mild compulsion.
There have been 6 deaths from smallpox at the
Hospital ships of parishioners, 3 of these were children
from 2 to 14 years of age, not one of these had been
protected by vaccination. One, it is true, is said to have
been vaccinated, but the vaccination did not "take," the
other three had been vaccinated in infancy, and as their
ages ranged from 27 to 40 the protection had quite worn
out.
Prosecution under the Public Health (London) Act-
No. 3, Little Marylebone Street, a house with neither
drainage nor water supply, and without a responsible
owner, was ordered to be closed by the Magistrate. A
family consisting of man, wife, and six children, living on
the first floor, continued their occupation, alleging that they
could not find accommodation elsewhere. Thereupon a
summons was taken out against the occupier. The Magistrate
awarded a penalty of 40s. a day as from February 13tli,
the fine not to be enforced if the premises were vacated by
March 3rd. The premises were vacated before March 3rd,
and the back and front of the premises properly secured by
die Surveyor. These proceedings from first to last will have
cost several pounds. No doubt a responsible owner will
shortly come forward, and it is a question how far the owner
can be equitably called upon to reimburse the local
authority.