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in the Table. The remaining three Inspectors,
Mackay, Fisher, and Comfort, divided the inspection
of the Parish between them during the remainder of
the year, and up to January 4th of the present year,
at which time the prevalence of Small Pox became so
considerable, that on my recommendation it was
decided that Mackay and Fisher should devote
themselves exclusively to disinfection and other
duties incidental to Small Pox, and that for general
sanitary duties a temporary officer should be
appointed to act in conjunction with Comfort. Mr.
Gedge was elected, and the re-arrangement of duties
took effect from the 4th January. Smith, who
had from time to time, as occasion required, managed
the parochial disinfecting machine, and had fetched
and returned to their owners all articles of bedding or
of clothing needing disinfection, was, in consequence
of the gradual increase of Small Pox, made a weekly
servant for that purpose on the 13th December, and
he was supplied with an assistant early in January.
Further arrangements were made early in the year
with the authorities of the Small Pox Hospital at
Highgate, to send to them such poor patients suffering
from Small Pox as were above the class supposed to
be admissible into the district hospitals, on payment
for each patient of a fee of four guineas.
In accordance with the above arrangements, during