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quarter-mile radius; but by no means exclusively so. The
total number of cases reported to me in November was 20, and
in December 38. In the last-named month 2 cases occurred
in the Upton House School, 4 in Clifden Road (in different
houses), 3 in Healthy Terrace, Homerton, 3 in Brooksby's
Walk, 2 in Dunlace Road, 1 in Templar Road, and several in
Glynn Road; so that about half the total number occurred
within or quite close to the quarter-mile radius.
There were 43 cases reported to me in January and 27 in
February, but of these 5 cases occurred in one house in Berger
Road and 2 in Ash Grove. There were fewer cases in the
vicinity of the hospital in February as compared with January.
During the first fortnight in March there was not a large
number reported to me, viz.: 11 during the first week, and
only 4 in the second week; but on the 20th the epidemic
fairly set in, as 7 cases were reported on the 21st (which
occurred on the 20th); 16 on the 22nd; 23 on the 23rd and
24th; 11 on the 25th; and 10 on the 26th—making a total
of 67 cases in one week. Although Hackney suffered so
severely, there were comparatively few cases in other districts
and parishes north of the Thames. The majority of these
occurred in Bethnal Green, Shoreditch and Islington, all of
which adjoin the Hackney district. The number of cases
removed by the Asylums Board during the week ending
March 22nd was 60; and of these 35 were removed from
Hackney, 7 from Bethnal Green, 6 from Islington, and 6 from
Shoreditch. In the week ending March 29th there were 84
cases removed from the parishes north of the Thames; 38 being
from Hackney, 10 from Bethnal Green, 12 from Islington and
9 from Shoreditch.
As regards the Hackney cases a majority occurred in a
comparatively narrow line extending in a south-westerly
direction from the hospital; and as the wind during the
infective period had generally been from the south-west, I was