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an end to Scarlet Fever, Small Pox, Measles, and
other catching diseases.
In St. James's, Westminster, we have at least
scotched one form of disease, that is Typhus Fever.
Although the Times newspaper, some years since,
debited Little Windmill Street with constant cases
of Typhus, and refused to retract the mis-statement,
it is a fact that we suffer little from Typhus, on
account of the active measures that are taken
whenever a case breaks out.
The following table
gives a summary of the principal forms of Zymotic
Diseases which have produced death in the Parish
during the last 12 years.
Name of Disease.
1855
185G
1857
1858
1859 1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
Small Pox
3
5
..
..
4
4
1
1
21
..
2
1
Measles
7
5
13
10
38
8
17
9
24
29
17
19
Scarlet Fever)
& Dipht.
27
16
13
29
31
16
32
66
31
13
20
30
Whpg. Cough
60
26
26
18
22
34
47
33
22
29
17
21
Diarrhœa
11
15
31
12
20
5
10
13
20
15
15
19
Typhus and
Typhoid Fev.
22
12
10
1
6
13
2
13
8
14
10
7
Cholera
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
8
Total .
130
79
93
70
121
80
109
135
126
100
81
105
The above table is thus far encouraging, that the
last year presents a smaller mortality than the
average, which is 110, and the last four years
present also a less mortality than any previous
four years.