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inspected. 7 were in a fair sanitary condition. In
all the other houses defects in connection with the
drainage were apparent at the surface inlets or in the
course of the drain. In place of gulleys there were
bell-traps within or without the premises and these
moreover were either dry or improperly fixed. In
one instance an overflow pipe from a safe tray entered
soil pipe, and sink waste entered trap of WC. In
other cases a defective brick drain, or foul pan closets,
or soil pipes with open joints were found.
In London the death-rate was 0.20.
Whooping Cough caused 55 deaths—48 in St.
Mary's and 7 in St. John's Sub-district, equivalent
to an annual rate of 0.49 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In London the rate was 0.69.
Fever caused 16 deaths, of which 1 was ascribed
to simple continued fever. Of 15 typhoid cases,
equivalent to an annual rate of 0.13 per 1,000 inhabitants,
11 occurred in St. Mary's and 4 in St. John's
Sub-district. In 4 of the cases the disease was not
contracted in Paddington. The houses in which the
remaining 11 deaths occurred were carefully inspected
and were, with two exceptions, in a bad sanitary condition,
as the following details show:—
St. Mary's Sub-District.
1.—Kilburn Park Road. Clerk, aged 17. Drain
defective.