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houses were in a fair sanitary condition, and in the
houses in which the remaining 7 fatal cases occurred
the following defects were discovered : —
1-Park Gardens. A very foul pan-closet, adjoining
deceased's bed-room.
2.—Cambridge Terrace, Kensal Road. Drainage
defective.
3.— Westmoreland Road. Soil-pipe imperfectly
jointed passed through the middle of the house. D
trap of closet perforated.
4.—Lancaster Mews. The cistern over-flow pipe
entered closet. Closet offensive. The patient died in
St. Mary's Hospital.
5. — Seymour Street. Drain in area untrapped.
6.—Shirland Road. Untrapped inlets to drain.
7.—Queen's Mews. Waste-pipe from cistern entered
trap of closet.
In London the rate was 0.17.
Diarrhoea caused 65 deaths, equivalent to an
annual rate of 0.58 per 1,000 inhabitants. 59 occurred
in St. Mary's and 5 in St. John's Sub-district. 51 of
the deaths were of infants under one year of age, and
58 of children under 5 years.
In London the rate was 0.66.