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December 31st, there have been 150 deaths, which is
about the average of the winter quarter. Twenty-seven
persons died from epidemic diseases, of which 6 measles,
6 scarlatina, 1 diarrhoea, 3 whooping-cough, 4 typhus.
Twenty-one persons died from tubercular diseases, of
which 18 were cases of consumption; from diseases of
the brain there were 14 deaths, from heart disease 13,
diseases of respiratory organs 27, digestive organs 15,
old age 10, accidents 6. On the whole, this has not
been so unhealthy a period in our district as in many
others.
I have inspected all the bakehouses in the parish,
15 in number. All except two were in good order and
in accordance with the Act for the Regulation of
Bakehouses (26 and 27 Victoria).
The two exceptions were those of Johnson & Co.,
79, St. Martin's Lane, and of Mr. Oram, 27, Charing
Cross. At Messrs. Johnson's I found two bed rooms in
the basement, which, although separated as the Act
directs, from the bakehouse, are insufficiently ventilated;
one where eight men have slept has nothing that
deserves the name of a window, and the cubic space of
the apartment is too little for eight adults.
In the case of Mr. Oram, a very small closet is
used as a sleeping place for a boy; it is utterly unfit
for such a purpose in itself, and is not separated from
the bakery as the Act directs.
In both instances satisfactory alterations have been
made in accordance with the new law.
The following tables require a few words of explanation:—
Table No. 1, gives the variations in the number of
births, deaths, and causes of death during the last nine
years. In the last Census the population of our Parish
was fouud to have diminished nearly 2,000 since the
Census of 1851. This table does not show any very