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parts of the Metropolis, where the pestilence raged
so severely as to have caused a mortality of about
64 per 10,000 of the population, and the western
districts, which suffered only to the extent of 3.6
per 10,000. Who can doubt, therefore, of the
beneficial influence of the sanitary measures which
have been exercised in the City of London? for,
although there may be no actual or logical proof
that a single life has thus been saved, yet it would
argue much credulity to believe that all these facts
are but mere casual coincidences.
Among the other forms of zymotic disease which
have advanced in severity, though not to any large
extent, during the year, are continued fever and
small-pox, the former having increased from an
average of 111 deaths in the year to 124, and the
latter from 24 to 29. The chief increase of fever
has been observed in the Eastern district of the
City, and of small-pox in the Western; but the
cause of this increase is not apparent, except that
the occurrence of small-pox in undue proportion is
unquestionable proof of the failure or neglect of
vaccination.
The principal facts connected with the meteorology
of the year are recorded in Table No. VI.
of the Appendix. They are deduced, as usual,
from the observations at Guildhall, under the