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The Health of the District during the Quarter.
The cool, damp, unsettled summer, however disagree"
able from the view of personal comfort, has been favourable
to human life. Small-pox absent, scarlet fever below
the average, diphtheria and typhoid also below, save during
the last fortnight, diarrhoea lower than for a long period,
and the general death-rate only 13.5 per cent.
Taking the decade 1893-1902 inclusive, diarrhoea
accounted for 1,018 deaths, Avhich averages about 102
per annum, the maximum of 180 being reached in 1899,
the minimum of 42 in 1894. This diarrhoeal mortality as a
rule is restricted to the September quarter, and since the
diarrhoeal deaths have been only 25 ; 1903 bids fair to be a
record year, and will probably show a figure below that of
1894.
Prosecutions under the Public Health Acts.
The occupier of stables in Montagu Mews North, was
fined £5 and costs for not removing periodically the
manure from Wyndham Mews.
The owner of 4, Harrow Street was summoned for
neglecting to obey a notice of the Sanitary Authority, but
the work being finished between the summons and the
hearing thereof, the summons was withdrawn.
The owner of 69, Upper Berkely Street was summoned
for failure to comply with a notice of the Sanitary
Authority. Ultimately, after more than one adjournment,
the summons was withdrawn on the work being done and
payment of solicitor's costs.
The owner of 34, Great Barlow Street neglected to
redrain the premises. A magistrate's order was obtained
to do the work in 28 days, and a penalty inflicted Avith
costs. The magistrate's order was not obeyed nor was the
penalty or costs forthcoming ; a fresh summons was issued
for disobedience of the magistrate's order; this was heard