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Six of the children died, 1 belonging to St. Giles South, and
5 outsiders.
No puerperal fever is reported during the 12 months, and the
general health of the inmates has been very good.
Both the sick and death rate appear to be highly satisfactory,
which, undoubtedly, is owing to the efficiency of the staff of the
hospital and its management.
The Infants' Home, Great Coram Street.
Twenty-four children died in the Home in 1875, being 7 less
than the previous year.
This house, 35, Great Coram Street, is a "Refuge for Destitute
Mothers, and a Home for their infants."
Young women of hitherto respectable character are admitted,
who have, for the first time, become mothers of illegitimate children.
Every woman admitted to the Home is allowed to remain there
until the child is weaned; during this time the mother is employed
in household and needle work, besides having the entire charge of
her own child. The mothers do the work of the house, under the
superintendence of the matron. When the child is weaned, a situation
is mostly found for the mother.
The Bloomsbury Dispensary, Great Russell Street.
Mr. Steele, the resident Medical Officer of the Bloomsbury Dispensary,
has kindly forwarded to me the annual return of the
Medical and Surgical cases under treatment by the several medical
officers of the Charity during the year.
The next table will sufficiently prove the large amount of good
work this valuable institution has done during the year.

The Sanitary Work of the Year 1875.
The following is a record of Sanitary Work performed in the
District during the year.
The Inspectors have been much occupied in house to house
visitation, in order to obtain early information of outbreaks of the
epidemic Scarlet Fever.