View report page

27
Zymotic Diseases.
The deaths due to the principal Zymotic diseases, with rate per thousand per
anniim:—
Tvphus fever none
Typhoid fever 7 .175
Scarlet fever 8 .198
Measles 15 .37
Diptheria 1 .025
Diarrhoea ... 28 .69
Small-pox ... 7 .175
Whooping-cough 13 .32
Diseases of Respiratory Organs.
The number of deaths from these diseases, which unfortunately, I have not been
able satisfactorily to classify into their distinct orders, has been 334, giving a death
rate of 8.27 per thousand per annum.
Inquests.
During the twelve months fifty-four inquests have been held.
Uncertified Deaths.
Three deaths only have not been certified. These were infants who lived but a
few hours.
Bake Houses.
These houses were visited by your Medical and Sanitary Officers. Many of them
were found in very fair condition. To some of the proprietors, suggestions were made
in order to secure greater cleanliness.
Slaugter-houses and Cow-sheds
Upon the application for renewal of the licenses for these places they were visited
by your officers. Most of them were found in a satisfactory condition, or undergoing
such repairs as would render them so.
Water Supply.
Not to enter minutely into the reports which have been received rom the Local
Government Board relative to this matter, I may state generally, that the condition
of the water supplied has been satisfactory.
Houses in Cow Lane.
During the year, the unsanitary condition of certain dwellings in Cow Lane, which
had undergone alterations, occupied the attention of the Medical Officer in conjunction
with the Vestry Clerk. The then owner, not having complied with the requirements
of the Vestry, although he had given a verbal and written promise to do so, was obliged
by a magistrate s order to close them. Thev were condemned as not fulfilling the
needs of healthy habitations.