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SANITARY MATTERS.
Between March 25th, 1862, and March 25th, 18G3,
there were 3328 cases of nuisance brought under the notice
of the General Purposes Committee, by the Medical Officer
and Inspectors. 1358 of these cases referred to the state of
dwelling houses rendered unwholesome by reason of their
filthy and dilapidated condition, or their foul cesspools, or
their defective drains. The particulars of these, and of the
remaining cases are shown in Table I.
The general sanitary state of the Parish, as indicated by
its mortality in the year 1862, is shown in the following Table,
No. II, which gives the total number of births, the total
number of deaths, the deaths under five years of age, and
the deaths in the workhouses, which occurred in the entire
Parish, and in each of its eight subdivisions, during the entire
year, and during each particular quarter of the year.