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ANNUAL REPORT.
TO THE
GREENWICH DISTRICT BOARD OF WORKS.
Gentlemen,
In obedience to your instructions, I beg to lay before
you my Annual Statement upon the Sanitary condition of your,
District. In many of my Monthly and in my last Annual Report
were submitted to your notice such practical and general suggestions
for the mitigation and prevention of diseases, that, were
they to be repeated on this occasion, I consider I should be
unnecessarily trespassing on your patience and valuable time.
I purpose, therefore, to introduce to you the following Tables,
accompanied with such few and brief remarks as will appear to
require your particular attention, and from which you will be able
readily to ascertain the progressive changes that have taken place
in the District since the commencement of your labours.
In my last Annual Report, it was shewn that in the years
1854, 1855, and 1856, the deaths in the District took place in the
following numbers, viz:—
In 1854 were 2526 deaths.
In 1855 „ 2025 „
In 1856 „ 1897 „
And although it will appear that during the past year of 1857, the
numbers have risen to 1901, still, on taking into consideration the
increase of population, the present Returns will not shew any
unfavourable results.