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satisfactory figure. The mortality from measles in the Parish
(0.05 per 1,000) was the lowest in all London, and that from
diphtheria (0.23) was much below the mean for the preceding
decennium, and compares very favourably with the rates for
1898 (0.50), and 1897 (0'51), years when the general death-rate
was lower than last year. The mortality from enteric fever (0.07)
was lower than the rate for any of the other Metropolitan Districts,
except St. Saviour, Southwark (0.04), and Hampstead (0.05).
On the other hand the mortalities from diarrhoea (0.83), and from
whooping-cough (0.33), were certainly higher than they should
have been. In respect of neither of these diseases are any special
measures taken outside what may be termed routine sanitary
administration. I would direct your attention to the figures and
remarks on the subject of "controlled" and "uncontrolled" infectious
diseases on pages 77 et seq. of the Report.
Attention may also be directed to the interesting table of
comparison on page 108, showing the great reduction in the
prevalence of and mortality from certain of the preventable diseases
in Cirencester, Clarendon, and Woodchester Streets, as compared
with other streets, selected on the ground that they are similarly
inhabited by tenement occupiers. There can be little doubt that
the inhabitants of most of the streets selected for the comparison
are in much better circumstances than are those of the
three streets mentioned, and the improvement in the hygienic
surroundings indicated by the reductions alluded to is, therefore,
all the more satisfactory. The streets mentioned are those which
have been selected for the work of registration under the ByeLaws
for Houses Let in Lodgings. I venture to think that the
results laid before you fully justify the inception of that work,
and constitute an ample return for the time and labour given to
the supervision of the streets.