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There was nothing particular to complain of in these
verdicts, the evidence being too plain to admit of any doubts.
This, it is feared, has not always been the case, and the
dispensing with medical evidence cannot be too strongly
objected to. A very recent instance in one part of this
Sub·district, in which the verdict was deemed unsatisfactory,
will, it is hoped, ultimately lead to considerable reforms in
the Coroner's Courts.
Sanitary work of the year.—A reference to Table VI.
in the Appendix will give a concise view of what has been
accomplished in the three parishes which constitute this
Sub·district in the way of Sanitation during the year under
review. It is hardly necessary to offer any comments upon
this Table, but it may be observed that 5,450 feet of new
sewers were constructed during the year, forming a very
desirable addition to the same kind of Sanitary work noticed
in former Reports. It might be stated that no cases having
reference to the Sanitation carried out under the auspices
of the Board had to be submitted to magisterial judgment.
This speaks well for the locality, as it evinces, as a rule, theS