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greater, if the same rate had prevailed in Lambeth as in the
rest of the Metropolis.
One other disease, viz., Typhus, requires special notice,
from having prevailed to a considerably greater extent in the
densely populated districts, since the removal of small houses,
caused by the formation of the numerous railways of South
London. I he great dilliculty of obtaining lodgement for
the working classes, has caused overcrowding of the poor
in an unprecedented manner, and consequently the development
of Typhus, which is considered to be bred in the pestilential
atmosphere of overcrowded dwellings. It is much to
be feared that this disease will exist more or less in densely
populated Districts, until some plan is adopted whereby the
overcrowding may be diminished. During the year, 200
cases of Typhus have been removed to the Fever Hospital,
and the houses in which fever occurred were visited by the
Medical Oflicer and Inspectors, under whose superintendance
clcansing and lime-whiting have been carried out.
Between the 25th March, 1863, and the 25th March,
1864, 2,091 Coses of Nuisance were brought under the
notice of the General Purposes Committee by the Medical
Officer and Inspectors of Nuisances. In addition to these,
a great number of houses were visited in consequence of the
existence of Epidemic Disease. Of the houses visited, 575
were found to require cleansing or lime-whiting; 731 houses
were rendered unwholesome by reason of cesspools or want
of proper drainage, for 371 of which good drainage was provided;
for 91 others the drainage was cleansed and improved,
and in the remaining 230 cases the cesspools were emptied
and cleansed, no other means of drainage being available,
38 gully obstructions were removed; and 19 foul urinals