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reported to me between October 1st, 1881, and September 30th,
1882, was 1,271; and of these 220 happened in the quartermile
radius (including all the houses within this circle), 382
between the quarter and half-mile radii, and 669 in the
remainder of the district. The number of homes in the quartermile
radius in 1881 was 1,750; in the space between the quarter
and half-mile radii, 4,026; and outside, 21,724; or at the rate
of 126 cases per 1,000 houses in the quarter-mile, 95 between
the quarter and half-mile radii, and only 31 per 1,000 houses
outside this circle. As this last number includes a large
proportion of cases between the half-mile and one-mile radii,
this contrast is the more striking. During the epidemic of
1883-84 (October 1st, 1883, to September 30th, 1884), to which
I shall more especially refer, there were 1,211 cases reported, of
which 278 occurred in the quarter-mile radius, 410 between the
quarter and half-mile radii, and 523 outside. Of these 310
happened between the half-mile and one-mile radii, making a
total of 998 cases out of the 1,211 within the one-mile radius.
The streets in the quarter-mile radius were most severely
affected, as there were 158 cases per 1,000 houses there, against
92 between the quarter and half-mile radii, and only 22 outside.
These facts can be seen on reference to the map.
The number of deaths in 1883-84 registered in Hackney, and
of Hackney cases in the ships and at Darenth, was 125: a much
smaller number than in 1881 (when 225 deaths were registered),
although the number of cases was nearly as large as in the
latter year, and somewhat smaller than in 1877. The deaths
occurred as follows:—42 amongst patients from the quartermile
radius, 44 within the quarter and half-mile radii, and only
39 outside the half-mile radius. The following table shows the
chief statistical facts connected with the outbreak.