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been effected without the intervention of sanitary authorities. I refer to
the gradual disappearance of the horse from London owing to the introduction
of self-propelled vehicles. The motor is rapidly delivering
London from its horse manure, which has for years constituted an
intolerable nuisance, especially in hot weather. In Hampstead the
improvement has been marked. During the past few years seven large
stables which accommodated some hundreds of horses have been
converted to other purposes, to the great advantage of the dwellers
in the neighbourhood, and many mews-dwellings have been transformed
almost beyond recognition. It is time that it should be realised that
the presence of the horse in a large modern city is incompatible with
cleanly civic life, and any measures that tend to hasten its disappearance
should be welcomed by sanitary reformers.
The following table, which is issued by the Registrar-General,
shows the infantile mortality in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs and
in the County of London as calculated by the Registrar-General, who
gives a lower rate for Hampstead than the one based on my figures. It
will be noted that Hampstead occupies a very favourable position when
compared with other districts or with the whole of London:—