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tants, but the benefit is in a mesure neutralized by the defects in
the house drains, but this will undoubtedly be corrected. The
district has been subject to occasional outbreaks of infectious
sickness in different localities, almost amounting in one or two
instances to epidemics. Whooping Cough has been prevalent
in most parts of the district; there were' six deaths, four
in Mortlake and two in Barnes. Measles during the last two
months was general in Mortlake, but not very severe in character.
There were also some cases in other parts of the district, but
scattered and of a mild type. There was only one death which
occurred in Mortlake. There were some cases of Typhoid, but
only one death. There were fewer cases of Scarlet Fever during
the early part of the year than we have had for some time, but
there was a great increase in the number during the last four
months; the same was the case with respect to Diphtheria. The
larger number of the recent cases of both diseases were of people
residing near Hammersmith Bridge, and almost all affected either
attended school or had business connections on the Middlesex
side of the river. Thirty-two of the 79 cases of the two diseases
notified for Barnes resided in the part of the parish adjoining
Hammersmith Bridge. There was nothing in the sanitary
arrangements of the locality to account for it, but both Scarlet
Fever and Diphtheria have been very prevalent in Hammersmith
during the past few months. Only one case of Scarlet Fever
was notified for Mortlake during the year; this is remarkable, as
the surrounding parishes suffered considerably. The 13 cases
admitted to the Hospital from the Richmond added area were from
the portion which formerly formed part of Mortlake. Forty-four
cases of Diphtheria were notified for the district, 20 of which were
for Mortlake, which is rather an excess in proportion to population.
There were four deaths, two for Mortlake and two for
Barnes. There were 12 deaths from Diarrhcea, n infantile and
one in an adult, with complications; six of the deaths were in
Mortlake and six in Barnes.