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SANITARY CHRONICLES, 1898.
It is therefore better to consider the number of vaccinations
in relation to the births exclusive of the district of
St. Mary, in which district Queen Charlotte's Lying-in
Hospital is situate. In 1897 the births, with the exclusion
mentioned, were 2,814, the vaccinations 2,256, a
relation of about 80 per cent. In 1898 the births were
2,676, the vaccinations 1,970, that is about 73.5 per cent.
In other words, if the Act has had any influence at
all, it has diminished the number of vaccinations. The
following table gives the number of vaccinations in each
sub-district during the year 1898 :

PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC
HEALTH ACT.
There were more cases than usual in which it was
necessary to enforce the notices of the Vestry by proceedings
before a magistrate. In the early part of the year
a batch of summonses was taken out with regard to the
occupation of underground rooms or kitchens in Hereford
Street. The magistrate adjourned the summonses
a sufficient time for the kitchens to be vacated, and in
due course they were vacated. At the present time it
is to be hoped but few kitchens in St. Marylebone are
occupied illegally.
A series of summonses was also taken out with
regard to certain premises in Nightingale Street. One
house was closed, and orders made with regard to other
houses, and the owner fined.
A firm of builders was summoned for a number of
offences against the L.C.C. bye-laws with respect to the
construction of closets in an important place of business,