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last quarter, (70 of them being young children,) has now subsided
to 5 Scarlatina was fatal to 22 persons in the three months,
or double the usual amount that occurs in this Parish ; 16 cases
being children under 5 years of age. There are no deaths from
Measles. Fever cases are about the usual average, viz. . 12 ,
half of these are cases of Gastric and Remittent Fever in young
children.
There must be a great number of very old people Jiving in
this Parish ; for 80 deaths arc registered this quarter between
70 and 80 years of age ; and 21 of these arc upwards of 80.
During the previous summer quarter there were 50 deaths of
persons between 70 and 80 ; and of this number (as in this
quarter) 21 were also upwards of 80.
Out of the total deaths, 57 occurred in St. Mary's Hospital,
33 in Paddington Workhouse.
The number of deaths in children under 5 years of age were
rather less than the usual proportion, viz.:—39 ; owing most likely
to the mild state of the weather during the last three months.
Marine Store Shops
Marine Store Shops have been much complained of during
the hot weather, and a frequent inspection of them has been
made, and orders have been issued that fat, bones, and refuse,
should be removed as frequently as possible, and covers provided
for the receptacle of all offal. These places ought to be
licenced and under constant inspection, municipal regulations
being framed for keeping them in a satisfactory state.
Urinals.
The inspection of Public Urinals has occupied attention ;
reports of this kind of nuisances receive attention, and suggestions
have been made for their abatement.
Cow-sheds and Slaughter-houses.
The usual list of persons who apply for Slaughter and Cowhouse
licenses wass presented to the Justices of the Peace on the
26th of October ; and I was requested to attend at the Vestry
Hall to furnish such information relative to objections urged by
the Sanitary and Public Health Committee to the granting of
licenses. A second time I have been unsuccessful in the support
of your resolution in opposing the grant of any licence for
premises which are situated within 50 feet of inhabited dwellings.
A case of slaughtering without a licence was made known to
Inspector Parsons. The proprietor, after having been warned and
summoned to attend the Sanitary and Public Health Committee,
gave an explanation, and promised that he would in future desist
from carrying the business of slaughtering on his premises.