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bury road. They were reported to be Typhoid. But the
circumstances of the case made me suspect that the disease
was Typhus. And further enquiries on the spot, and from the
medical man in attendance, confirmed my suspicion. That the
disease was true Typhus was established beyond doubt by
Dr. Crombie, of the South Eastern Fever Hospital, to which
institution they had been removed. The first of these cases
was removed on the 12th May, the other two on the 17th
Subsequently four other cases of Typhus occurred, in all of
which direct communication with the patients removed from
Howbury road was traced; namely, one removed on the 23rd.
from Greenhundred road, one removed on the 26th from
the house in Howbury road already affected, and another on
the 3rd July and another on the 6th, both from the same
house. No further cases of the disease were discovered, and
no further outbreaks of Typhus have occurred in the Parish
since. These two outbreaks are curious as happening at a time
when London was, and had been for a long time, almost
entirely free from Typhus. We have had no real epidemic
prevalence of the disease, in London, since 1862 and 1863.
No other diseases call for comment. The health of the
Parish, apart from the undue prevalence of Small-pox, was.
unusually good.
The sanitary work done by the Inspectors of Nuisances
in the year ending March 25th, 1886, is given in detail in
Tables XIV. and XV.
It will be seen that 10,859 primary inspections were made
and 6,161 second inspections; that 3,650 first notices and
270 second notices were served in respect of these inspections;
and that in only 11 cases was it deemed necessary to summon
the persons on whom notices had been served.