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177
from St. John's Sub-district—were removed to
Hospital. 113 cases—100 in St. Mary's and 13 in
St. John's Sub-district—were treated at home.
All the houses in which the deaths occurred were
carefully inspected, attention being specially directed
in each case to the condition of the water supply and
to the soundness of the house-drain, as proved either
by the water-test, or by the smoke-test, or by the
peppermint-test. In the large majority of cases defects
of some sort were discovered, and were subsequently
made good.
The localities in which deaths from this disease
occurred are shewn in Table VA.
In London there were 1,361 deaths, equivalent to
an annual rate of 0.32 per 1,000 inhabitants,
the average annual rate during the preceding decennium
having been 0.26.
Whooping Cough caused 67 deaths—57 in St.
Mary's and 10 in St. John's Sub-district—equivalent
to an annual rate of 0.6 per 1,000 inhabitants, as
compared with 0'7 in the preceding year.
In London there were 2,876 deaths, equivalent to
a rate of 0.68 per 1,000 inhabitants, the average
annual rate in the preceding decennium having
been 0.69.
Fever (Typhoid) caused 17 deaths—6 in St. Mary s
and 11 in St. John's Sub-District—equivalent to an