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' The returns of the Registrar General show that the rain-fall in the
Metropolis during the quarter has been 6.27 inches. During the corresponding
quarter of the previous year, the rain-fall was 8.00 inches. The
three hottest days in the quarter were Thursday, 27th June, Wednesday,
12th May, and Thursday, 7th May, when the thermometer indicated
respectively 80.2, 82. and 83.6 degrees.
The deaths in the Workhouse have been 90, viz. : 50 males and 40
females. Of these, 3 were from Small-pox, 1 from Measles, 1 from
Diarrhoea, and 4 from Fever. In the corresponding quarter of 1866,
the deaths in the Workhouse were 89.
The Medical Officers of the Union have attended 4,054 new cases of
illness, including 110 of Small-pox, 46 of Measles, 11 of Scarlet Fever,
63 of Hooping Cough, 264 of Diarrhœa, 2 of Cholera, and 63 of Fever.
In the corresponding quarter of the previous year the total number of
cases was 4,209 including 105 Small-pox, 359 of Measles, 38 of Scarletfever,
78 of Hooping Cough, 215 of Diarrhoea, and 61 of Fever.
A severe outbreak of Cattle Plague occurred in one of the licensed
cow-houses in the district. Those cows which were diseased were killed
and their carcases taken to the knacker's yard. All the other cows were
killed and sold to butchers. The shed was ordered to be purified, and no
fresh cows were allowed to be received therein until after the lapse of
thirty days. Some of the cow-keepers in the district have kept in their
sheds a greater number of cows than their premises were licensed for.
Thus, Mr. Hurley, in Crispin Street, has increased his number from 9 to
12, and Mr. Forster, in Pelham Street, has increased his from 12 to 18,
Mr. Marcus Poole, from 21 to 26, Mr. Isaac Sole, from 28 to 40, Mr.
Frederick Brown, from 6 to 10, Mr. Baynor, late Griffiths, from 10 to 16,
Mr. John Davis, from 12 to 20, and Mr. John Webb, from 5 to 6. In
consequence of the above-named cow-keepers having transgressed the
terms of their license by keeping a larger number of cows on their
premises than they had been licensed to contain, a letter has been sent to
each of them, intimating that, at the next licensing day, I should recommend
the Board to oppose the renewal of the licenses in each case. It is
manifest that, unless the terms of the license are strictly adhered to, the
licensing system is of no practical utility.
Since my last Quarterly Report, two additional waste-water preventers
have been erected. There are now 25 in operation in the district. Every
house in the district should be supplied with water direct from the main,
and when cisterns are in use for the supply of water-closets, the water for
drinking and culinary purposes should not be drawn from them, but each
house should have a separate pipe, from which water can be drawn before