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The record of the number of cases treated at home and in
Hospitals is not quite complete, but our books show that out of
a total of 670 cases as many as 322 were removed to Hospitals,
almost entirely to those belonging to the District Asylum Board
and that 295 were treated at home. The Sanitary department
was called on to remove only a few cases, and we succeeded in all
but one in inducing those who were without proper lodging and
accommodation to go to a Hospital. We also assisted in the
removal of several cases to the Highgate Hospital of persons
whose friends paid for their admission and treatment. In the
one case in which the friends of a patient prevented his removal
under a Magistrate's order, we summoned the persons who
resisted us, and obtained penalties amounting to £1 0s. 0d. from
each person and costs. A table shewing the streets in which
most of the cases occured will be found in the appendix to this
report.
The appended summary shows that the disinfection of
infected clothing and houses has been actively carried out, as no
less than 1001 houses, or rather the infected rooms in that
number of houses, have been disinfected by the Officers of the
Board with burning sulphur. There were also 6237 articles of
clothing, bedding, &c., disinfected, viz.: 545 beds, 179 mattrasses,
86 palliasses, 383 bolsters, 925 pillows, 865 blankets, 555 sheets,
395 quilts, and 2304 other articles, including articles of wearing