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In making a comparison, however, of the rate of mortality of this
District with that of others in which there is no hospital, the total deaths
in the London Hospital must be eliminated, which, this year, as before
stated, amount to 783. This gives a mortality of 20 5 per 1,000. The
annual rate of mortality since the year 1866, which was the year when
cholera was epidemic, may be seen on referring to Table No. 5 in the
Appendix.
Deaths from Epidemic Diseases.
Of the total deaths recorded in this District during the year, there
were 223 from epidemic diseases, viz., 1 from small-pox, to which must
be added the 3 which occurred in the Small-pox Hospital, thus making a
total of 4; 59 from measles, 18 from scarlet fever, 21 from diphtheria, 16
from hooping-cough, 77 from diarrhoea, and 26 from fever, to which must
be added the two deaths which occurred in the Fever Hospital, thus
making a total of 28 deaths from fever.
In the whole of London, the deaths from fever have been 1081.
The death-rate from epidemic diseases, including those in hospitals
for the year, in relation to the total mortality, is 9.8 per cent.
Pauper Illness in the District.
The number of out-door sick paupers who have been attended by the
Medical Officers of the Union, is 3,215. During the previous year the
number was 3,728. The extraordinary annual diminution in the number
of the out-door sick paupers, from upwards of 17,000, in the years 1867
and 1868, to 2,060 in 1877, is a matter of great satisfaction to the ratepayers
of this District.
Sanitary Works performed during the Year 1883.
Number of inspections of houses, as shown in the official returns . 9312
Number of rooms found to be overcrowded, the space being less
than 300 cubic feet for each person—nuisance in each case
abated 20
Houses specially visited, that is to say, every room in such houses
has been inspected 961
Houses specially re-visited in order to see that the works for
which notices have been served are carried out 3644
Rooms disinfected with sulphurous acid gas after occurrence of
fever and scarlet fever therein 172
Articles disinfected, consisting of beds, bedding, clothing, &c. 6690
Articles burnt by consent of the owners 46
Preliminary notices served, such notices embracing 1060 premises 716