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The simple withdrawal of such foods from the diet of an infant
apparently dying from diarrhoea, and the substitution of a diet more
closely allied to its natural food, frequently produces almost
miraculous results.
I have been supplied with the statistics of these blocks of
buildings by Mr. W. Grimes, the Superintendent, who (with two
assistants), has charge of them. The population
on the 31st December, 1884, was 1183, of which
number 23 were over 60 years of age, 182 between
40 and 60, and 627 below 20 years of age, leaving
351 persons between the ages of 20 and 40 years.
The births during the year were 61 and the total
deaths 27. Thus a death-rate for the year was
produced equal to 22.7 per 1000.
Artizans
and
Labourers'
Dwellings in
Glasshouse
Street.
Three cases of small-pox and 22 cases of scarlet-fever occurred,
all but one case being transferred to Metropolitan Asylums Hospitals
for treatment. A curious predilecftion for these diseases in favour of
the ground floor rooms was noticed, as no less than n out of the 25
cases took place in those rooms. So far as one can judge from the
few figures at our disposal, there seems little to choose in point of
health between these excellently maintained dwellings, and the
houses generally inhabited by the Districft inhabitants; on the contrary
the zymotic death-rate is above the average for the District. I shall
watch with interest in the future the mortality returns connected
with these buildings, as they will contain eventually a very large
proportion of the population of the Whitechapel Districft.
During the past year 287 cases of small-pox, scarlet-fever, and
enteric-fever have been brought under the notice of the sanitary staff,
of which number 232 cases were removed to
Metropolitan Asylums Hospitals, and 55 cases
were treated at the residences of the patients.
There were 151 cases of small-pox with 144
removals ; 119 cases of scarlet-fever with 79 removals; and 17 cases
of enteric-fever with 9 removals.
Zymotic
Diseases.
The following list indicates the streets where the diseases above
mentioned occurred:—