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district, so far as the very poor are concerned, than has
usually been exhibited in this statistical record.
In the year 1862 there were 9 deaths in 194 cases
treated amongst this class. In the past year the proportion
is 7 deaths in 246 cases, or less than 3 per cent. This
result speaks volumes for the sanitation which has been
effected in the poorer localities of the sub-district under
the directions of the Board of Works.
A further analysis of this table yields a result equally
satisfactory, viz., that not a single death took place amongst
the Union poor from five of the principal zymotic diseases —
Small-pox, Whooping-cough, Measles, Diarrhoea, and Fever,
whilst from Scarlatina and its allied malady, Diphtheria,
there succumbed 3 only.
sanitary operations, &c.
There has, I may confidently state, been no relaxation
of efforts during the past year in effecting all that was
practicable in sanitation throughout the three parishes of
which this sub-district is composed. Table VI. in the
Appendix exhibits an amount of accomplished work in this
direction quite as satisfactory as that noted in my last
report. Not only has new sewerage been provided to the
extent of 4,066 feet; but many improvements in the way
of house drainage, removal of acknowledged nuisances,
water supply, and the like, have been carried out with
excellent effect, and I believe much to the satisfaction of
the ratepayers. In addition to the above, all the slaughter
and cow houses were inspected and reported on at the time
appointed for a renewal of licences to their proprietors;
and for the first time the bake houses have lately undergone
a similar examination with a view to a report concerning
them being presented to the Board.
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