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made with the distinct view and intention of producing such
an effect.
For my part, in extracting the material of this Report from
those which have been from time to time made and read to
you, I am pleased to find that I am again justified in
congratulating the Vestry of Mile End Old Town upon the
state of the public health, as it existed during the twelve
months, ending December, 1861. That improvement as
exemplified by a diminished and diminishing mortality is
still in progress—the limit to improvement, having, not yet,
so far as can be seen, been reached.

The number of births in 1861, is less by 18 than it was
in 1860, and the excess is less by 41.
The proportional increase of the population by births alone
continues to be great, and although it was exceeded at one