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The following cases of fever were removed to the Homerton Hospital direct from
the patients' residences.
Typhoid...2, Seven Star Court. Scarlet-fever...7, Black Lion Yard.
Typhus...1, Buttress Gardens, Wile End New Town.
Out of above seven cases two died.
Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Act, 1875.
The two official representations respecting the unsanitary condition of
certain localities in the District which I made to the Metropolitan Board of
Works, the particulars of which are set forth in my last two quarterly
reports have, with some alterations, been adopted by that Board, and orders
have been given to their officers to prepare schemes under the Artizans and
Labourers Dwellings Act, and that the necessary steps should be taken with
a view to their being confirmed by the Secretary of State.
In addition to the statistics relating to the death-rate in the two
schemes, which were only prepared for one year and published in connection
with my official representations, I have prepared the following statistics
respecting the death-rate of the areas complained of for the 5 years ending
October, 1874, which may not be uninteresting to your Board.
Scheme 2.
The area comprised in Scheme No. 2, and known as the Flower and
Dean Street Scheme, contains a population of 2277. The deaths for the 5 years
ending October 3rd, 1874, were 370; the average annual death-rate per 1000
for the 5 years was 32.4; while for the entire district it was 27.9 per 1000.
The ages at death were as follows:
0 and under 6 months 55
6 months and under 1 year 27
1 year and under 5 years 68
5 years and under 10 years 12
10 „ and under 20 „ 11
20 „ and under 40 „ 60
40 „ and under 60 ,, 79
60 „ and under 80 „ 55
80 „ and upwards 3
Total deaths 370