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19 Victoria, Cap. 122, repeals the whole of the previous Act
of 1144, except the Section above quoted, the one before it,
and eight others immediately following, namely from the
54th section to the 63rd.
The premises already licensed far exceed at present the
requirements of the trade, and the license must be mostly
sought to give a little additional value to the premises in
the event of their being offered for transfer or sale.
The Slaughter-houses which were but little used being
for the most part in a worse condition than those constantly
in use, I believe that a periodical inspection of them and a
return of the existing state by the Inspector of Nuisances
would be advantageous It would, at least, ensure the
performance of occasional cleansing and white-washing which
now are avoided.
HOUSE VISITATION.
It is a truth which will not admit of the slightest doubt
that the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town has been during the
last four years manifestly improved in condition. Ample
proof is afforded by the statistical returns, that the public
health has derived, from the various improvements made by
public and private expense, considerable advantage. I hope
it will not be considered either out of place or a useless
repetition, if I again revert to the principal cause of the
extent of Zymotic disease amongst us. I refer to the defective
state of the habitations of the poorer class, and to point
out, that the remedy for the evil is only to be secured by a
systematic house visitation.
To look this subject fairly iu the face it will be well to
consider that the existence of disease by infection involves
certain conditions,—and that some of those conditions which
are indispensable to its origin and progress, may be easilyrecognised,
and when found, without much difficulty suppressed.