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inhabitants. In the 27 largest provincial towns it ranged from
1.52 in Halifax to 9.61 in Preston. In England and Wales the
deaths corresponded to an annual rate of 3.40 per 1,000 living,
against an average annual rate of 3.34 in the ten preceding third
quarters.
Small Pox caused no death in Paddington, nor did any
case come under the notice of the Inspectors.
Measles caused 1 death in Paddington, in London there were
480 deaths.
Scarlet Fever caused 8 deaths—equivalent to an annual
rate of 0.28 per 1,000 inhabitants—of which 7 occurred in
St. Mary's and 1 in St. John's Sub-districts. 52 cases were
removed to the Asylum Hospitals and 3 to the London Fever
Hospital. Of the 55 cases, 47 were from St. Mary's Subdistrict
and 8 from St. John's.
In London the rate was 0.40.
I defer making any remarks respecting the epidemic of
Scarlet Fever, which has extensively prevailed in Paddington
and in other parts of the Metropolis and of the country, until
it has ceased.
Diphtheria caused 7 deaths— 4 in St. Mary's and 3 in
St. John's Sub-district—equivalent to an annual rate of 0.24
per 1,000 inhabitants. The houses in which the deaths
occurred were carefully inspected. In two of them the surface
inlets in basements were untrapped ; in one there was a defective
soil pipe, as well as an untrapped surface inlet; and in four of
the houses no sanitary defects were observed. In one case the
disease is believed to have been contracted at Margate, and in
another at Cowes.