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MEASLES AND SCARLET FEVER.
The mortality from these diseases shows a marked decrease compared
with the mortality occasioned by them during the previous year;
thus 65 persons died of measles, compared with 97 for the previous
year, and scarlet fever caused 94 deaths only, compared with 134 for
the previous year.
WHOOPING COUGH AND DIARRHCEA.
The deaths from whooping cough and diarrhoea were slightly in
excess of those which occurred in the previous year, but on the whole
the mortality statistics must certainly be regarded with satisfaction, and
may fairly be attributed to a great extent to efficient sanitary work.
Diseases of the organs of respiration caused 420 deaths, and of
these 155 occurred during the last quarter of the year, during the very
inclement waather which we experienced at that period.
ARTIZANS' AND LABOURERS' DWELLINGS ACT, 1868.
I have reported under the provisions of this Act once during the
year, viz., six houses in Regent's Place, Maplin Street. I considered
these houses to be in a condition dangerous to health and unfit for
human habitation, and recommended the usual proceedings to be taken
under the Act, and the necessary work was completed under the advice
and supervision of your Surveyor.
NEW BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS, &c.
The following dwelling houses and public buildings have been
erected in the Hamlet during the year ending March, 1881. For this
return I am indebted to Mr. Charles A. Lcgg, the District Surveyor to
the Metropolitan Board.
New Dwelling Houses 70
Chapel 1
School Board Building 1
Total 72
Previous Year.
New Dwelling Houses 80
WATER SUPPLY.
Samples of the water delivered in Mile End by the East London
Company have been frequently analysed by Drs. Tidy and Frankland,
and have been found of good quality.
During the year I received many notices from the Company of the
removal of the supples to private houses for the non-payment of rates
due to the Company. The want of a proper water supply constitutes a
nuisance dangerous to health, and in every case 1 recommended that
notice be served to re-instate the supply.