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various kinds. The total number of houses inspected, viz.: 6,726,
including 6,191 which were examined without complaint, and
525 concerning which complaints were received, is satisfactory,
and shows the necessity for periodical examination, as 3141 houses
were defective in their sanitary arrangements out of the 6,191
houses examined without previous complaint. In addition to
these there were 171 greengrocers', 91 fishmongers' and poulterers'
yards examined, as well as 83 cow-sheds and other places, making
an aggregate of 8,387 premises examined by the Inspectors, all of
whom have carried out their work to my satisfaction. The 6,191
houses examined contained 28,702 living rooms, 9,481 families,
and 42,175 inmates, which is a larger number than on former
inspections. There were 400 cases of small pox reported from
these houses, as well as 70 of scarlet fever, 28 of typhoid fever,
8 of typhus, and 10 of simple fever.
The street lists of 1871 and 1877 giving the number of
small pox cases reported at the offices show that the disease was
very prevalent in some streets during 1871, which were not visited
in 1877, whilst in other streets numerous cases occurred in both
epidemics. Thus in Templar Road which is no great distance from
the Homerton Hospital, 28 cases occurred in 1871, and 20 in 1877,
whilst in Brooksby's Walk which is much nearer the Hospital, 8
cases occurred in 1871 and 11 in 1877. In Bartrip Street,
which is more than half-a-mile away, there were 12 cases, and
in Felstead Street (a newly built street surrounded, if not built
on dust deposits), there were 14 cases; in Sedgwick Street,
adjoining Felstead Street, there were 9 cases. In Goring
Street, Duncan Street, Elizabeth Cottages, Church Terrace,
Percy Road, Palace Road, and other streets in which there were
very numerous cases in 1871, there were none or next to none in
1877. Indeed, with a few exceptions, the disease did not spread
to anything like so many persons in a street as in 1871, owing
to a more speedy removal of the affected persons. If we have
suffered in this district, which is doubtful, from the presence of