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fact that, when we show an increase of 2 or 3 per 1,000 upon the
general London death-rate, at a due appreciation be given to
my arguments, the Whitechapel District should be congratulated
upon producing such good results with certainly not the best
materials.
Possibly, the better way at my disposal, by which to contrast
the above results with what might be attained under different
circumstances, is to state the result of an investigation into
buildings in the District of a different description, I mean Model
Dwellings. We have in the District, buildings constructed under
the Artizans' and Labourers' Acts, and also by private enterprise,
accommodating some 6423 persons. These give a mortality return
of 160 per 1000, and contribute only 6.3 per cent. to the total
deaths of the District, or about half that which the registered
lodging-houses contribute. This contrast is still greater when it is
remembered how large is the proportion of very young children in
the former, and how almost entirely the latter consists of adults.
Upon page 34 will be seen a record of your Inspectors' work
for the year, so far as their work is capable of being registered ;
and, in presenting for your perusal this important
Inspectors' table, I again take the opportunity to testify
Returns. to the good and faithful work performed by
Messrs. Battram and Wrack. Although outside
my own sphere, I think it desirable to mention that, of the 177
samples of foods submitted by these officers to your Analyst, in
only 6 cases was it deemed necessary to punish the offenders by
requiring their presence at the police courts, and all these cases
were in the South division of the District, your Analyst having
reported that the 104 samples purchased in the North division
were all genuine.
I have also to report that I have had some correspondence
with the Metropolitan Board of Works, with reference to an Order
in Council which was made on the 15th of June, 1885, relating to
the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1878. The following
abstract relating thereto will fully explain the importance of those
regulations to such a community as that which surrounds us.