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houses are situated. Spray Street, Gildersome Street, and
Henry Street each had four cases, and there were four cases in
the Artillery Barracks ; three cases occurred in each of the
following:—Frances Street (W.), Prospect Row, Ritter Street,
Gunning Street, and Bassant Road, and two each in Manor
Street, Rush Grove, Union Street and Orchard Street. Two
deaths occurred in inhabitants of 35, Spray Street and 23,
Orchard Street.
61. Of the 255 deaths from tuberculosis 171 were males.
Of these 37 were labourers, 27 mechanics of various kinds 18
were soldiers, reservists or army pensioners, 8 clerks, 5
carpenters, 4 drivers, 4 waiters and potmen, and 1 drayman, 4
shop assistants, 3 bootmakers, and 2 batmakers. Of the 84
females who died from tuberculosis, 4 were servants, 4 seamstresses,
2 hawkers, 1 hotel manageress, and 1 "unfortunate."
62. Of 145 houses to which the above deaths were referred
6 were common lodging houses, 1 a registered lodging house ;
50 were found dirty and 11 damp; 6 were found overcrowded
(i.e. had more than two persons to a room).
63. Notification.—Towards the end of the year the Health
Committee, having learnt that the Local Government Board
auditors would not object to the expenditure, decided to pay
for voluntary notification of Phthisis the same fees as are paid
under the Public Health (London) Act for the diseases therein
specified. Thirty-five cases were notified in the five weeks
after this decision to the end of the year; 84 voluntary unpaid
notifications had been received previously, making 119
altogether ; these were distributed as follows :—
Notification op Phthisis.
River, 30; Dockyard, 14; St. Mary's, 14; St. George's, 7;
Herbert, 6; St. Margaret's, 5; Glyndon, 12; Central, 7;
Burrage, 8 ; St. Nicholas, 15 ; Eltham, 1.