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quarter, 15 in December and 8 in March quarters. Of the
30 deaths due to this malady, 18 occurred at houses in the
Brixton Sub-District, and 3 strangers died at St. Thomas's
Hospital.
Whooping Cough caused 21 deaths in the June quarter, 18 in
the September quarter, 28 in December, and 133 in the March
quarter.
Typhus Fever caused 41 deaths within the District, but
of this number 6 only belonged to Lambeth, the remainder
dying in Stock well Fever Hospital. The six Lambeth cases
included two nurses employed in the Stockwell Fever Hospital,
a female patient whoso address was unknown, a labourer who
died at St. Thomas's Hospital, and whose residence was at 24,
Lambeth Walk, a female, aged 19, the daughter of a printer, at
7, High Street, and a woman, aged 62, the wife of a sawyer,
residing at 26, Ridgway Road, Brixton.
Typhoid Fever showed an increase (as compared with the
mortality of the previous year) in the Waterloo 1st; Lambeth
Church 1st and 2nd; Kennington 2nd; and Norwood; but in the
other Sub-Districts there was a marked decline. The 12 deaths
in Lambeth Church 1st include 7 strangers who died in St.
Thomas's Hospital, and the 57 deaths in Brixton 42 strangers
who died in the Stockwell Fever Hospital.
During the months of October, November, December, and
January, the season at which Enteric Fever is most prevalent,
the number of cases was in excess of last year, being 55 as
against 32. They were isolated cases, and were distributed
through the poorest and most densely populated districts of the
Parish. Every effort was made to trace each case to its
origin, and in the majority of instances it was found associated
with defective drainage, contaminated water supply, or both.
Early in the autumn, I received a communication from tho
Medical Officer of Health for ono of tho Western Metropolitan
Districts, directing my attention to a Dairy in Lambeth through
which it was suspected Enteric Fever had been disseminated.
On visiting the establishment, however, I found it ono of the