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increased rapidly, until at the end of the year no fewer than 51
cases had been reported to me. Your Sanitary staff was actively
engaged in carrying out measures for the limitation of the disease,
among the principal of which I may mention the urging the early
removal of the infected to Hospital, and the recommending the
vaccination of the unvaccinated, and the re-vaccination of all who
had reached the age of puberty. Disinfectants were freely distributed,
bedding, clothing, &c., were fumigated in the infected
houses, and were afterwards removed in a covered hand waggon to
the disinfecting chamber, there to undergo a more effective disinfection
by heat. No less than 980 articles were thus dealt with.
With one or two exceptions the removal of the patients to the
Hospitals was effected by the Stepney Union officials. In the
exceptional cases alluded to the patients were removed in the Union
ambulance to the Smallpox Hospital at Highgate, all cost being
defrayed by their friends.
The Cowsheds and Slaughter-houses in your District were
inspected prior to the day for licensing the same. The defects
observed in them having been remedied, the licenses applied for
were granted.
For a detailed statement of the routine work performed, I
beg to refer you to Table 5 in the Appendix.
Adulteration of Food Act.
During the year 103 samples of food and drink were examined
at the Laboratory, viz., 20 of milk, 12 of bread, 3 of cocoa, 5 of