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occurred in hospitals 32 were of parishioners of St.
Mary's and three of parishioners of St. John's Subdistrict.
Now inasmuch as the population of St. Mary's
(77,578) is rather more than double that of St. John's
(36,884), the number of persons attacked and the
number of deaths in St. Mary's Sub-district should
ceteris paribus be rather more than double those
numbers in St. John's. But it will be seen from the
above figures that ten times as many persons were
attacked and ten times as many persons died in St.
Mary's as in St. John's, proving thus the much greater
healthiness of the St. John's Sub-district.
The means adopted by the Sanitary Department
to limit the spread of the epidemic in Paddington were
the same as in other parts of the Metropolis. For
information of the occurrence of cases of the disease
the department was almost entirely indebted to the
medical practitioner in attendance on the patient. On
receipt of such information, notification of the name
and address of the patient was telegraphed to the
managers of the Asylums Board, who at once
despatched an ambulance and nurse and removed the
patient on the same day to one of their hospitals.
Next day the premises were visited by one of the
sanitary inspectors of the parish, and the necessary
disinfection carried out.