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In the last columns of Table D* will be found the cases of pauper
illness which have been under treatment throughout by the District
Pauper
Illness.
Medical Officers, and also those cases which were
attended in the Whitechapel Union Infirmary by
Dr. James John Ilott, the Medical Superintendent,
to whom I am indebted for the figures I have
tabulated. To avoid error in the perusal of those figures, I must
explain that the 16 cases set down to "Accidents of Childbirth "
merely refer to ordinary " Confinements." In all 980 cases have been
treated in the Infirmary. In Table F†, as usual I embody the statistics
appertaining to Vaccination, furnished by Mr. W. M. S. Sherman,
the excellent Vaccination Officer to the Whitechapel Union. Many
instances have recently been published of escape from small-pox
through efficient vaccination, but I cannot resist quoting one typical
example which occurred recently within my own knowledge. A man
was removed to the small-pox hospital from a room in which were
two unprotected children, both of whom were at once vaccinated.
Neither received the disease, although the elder child was exhausted
by long standing hip disease. In both cases the vaccination was
successful in preventing the reception of the small-pox.
The Sanitary work performed by the Inspectors appears in detail
upon Table G†.
From the Report to the Local Government Board by Dr. E.
Frankland, F.R.S., for December last, it appears that " of the water
" drawn from the Lee and distributed by the New
" River and East London Companies, the East
" London Company's water experienced the same
" increase in organic matter as the Thames water,
" whilst the New River Company's supply fully maintained the
" quality of the previous month's sample, and ranked, as regards the
" proportion of organic matter, with the best of the deep-well waters.
" Both waters were clear and bright on delivery."
Water
Supply.
I have the satisfaction to record that by degrees the land in our
District formerly occupied by dwellings which were removed under
the "Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings Acts" is
becoming occupied by suitable dwellings. In
Goulston Street there are several blocks of buildings
approaching completion, and some Labourers'
Dwellings in Cartwright Street will soon be ready
for occupation. I believe over 3500 people will be
accommodated. These dwellings are constructed upon plans which
Artizans
and
Labourers'
Dwellings.
*See page 10. † See page 12.