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sary steps taken in isolating the patients where practicable, and
in carrying out thorough disinfection.
The following table gives the number of cases of epidemic
disease attended by the Poor Law Medical Officers in each
quarter of the year:—
TABLE I.
Small
Pox.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever
Whooping
Cgh.
Diarrhœa.
Typhus
Fever.
Simple
Contd.
Fever.
Total.
Juno Quarter
138
15
13
3
27
1
18
Sept. „
70
29
6
5
89
4
28
231
Dec. „
51
38
12
24
32
1
75
236
March „
150
11
4
34
37
2
23
266
Totals
412
93
35
66
185
8
'
119
937
Peabody Buildings, Duke Street, Stamford Street.—There
were 28 deaths in the above dwellings during the year, including
2 from Measles, 2 from Whooping Cough, and 1 from Continued
Fever, making a total of 5 Zymotic deaths. Two deaths from
accidental Asphyxia occurred, and the remaining 21 deaths
were from general causes, calling for no special remark. The
death-rate per 1000 living in tho building was 19.4, while the
deaths duo to Zymotic disease gave a rate of 3.5 per 1000.
SMALL POX.
The total number of cases of Small Pox reported to the Vestry
during tho year was 569, of which number 412 were pauper
cases. They wero distributed throughout the Parish as follows :
1876-7.
1877-8.
138
North and South Marsh Wards
100
136
Bishop's and Prince's „
130
480
Stock well and Vauxhall „
242
222
Brixton and Norwood „
97
976
Totals.
569