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and I trust that in the future we shall still have the
advantage of his experience and co-operation.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours obediently,
OWEN COLEMAN, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
March 16th, 1896.
The following is the Report for 1895 of the Sanitary
Inspector:—
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
In making my last Annual Report as the Sanitary
Inspector, after nearly 25 years service, it is somewhat
satisfactory to me to relinquish the position and the
discharge of the duties connected therewith at a time
when the average death rate for the last 13 years is
recorded as low as 11.21 per 1000, and I may take this
opportunity of observing that results of this high standard
are not obtained without considerable expenditure and
many years of close practical attention to all the various
departments affecting the health of the district under your
charge, such as the construction of new and improved sewers,
the improved methods of flushing drains and sewers, and the
removal of old accumulations, the searching out and closing of
many ancient privies, foul cesspools, and wells containing
contaminated water unfit for drinking purposes, the abolition
of nuisances arising from slaughter houses, animals