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attention to the various items comprised in the Table.
It is important, however, to observe that 245 cases of
Small-pox, 339 of Scarlet Fever, 25 of Fever, and 39
of Diphtheria were looked after by the inspectors
during the course of the year; and that in 375 cases
houses were disinfected under their superintendence.
Table V. shews the number of articles disinfected in
the parochial disinfecting machine. The lots amounted
to 379, and these comprised 376 beds, 522 blankets,
149 sheets, 527 pillows, 148 mattresses, 35 palliasses,
272 bolsters, 225 counterpanes, and 99 articles of
wearing apparel, in all 2,353 articles of various kinds.
Besides these, 25 different articles of bedding were
destroyed, at a cost to the Vestry of £4 6s. 6d. The
amount of disinfection done, although considerable,
is not equal to that of last year. This, however,
depends on the diminished prevalence of Small-pox.
I remain, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J. S. BRISTOWE,