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called upon to supply, in order to effectually oppose the
ravages of cholera, should that disease unfortunately
approach us.
As usual, all the slaughtering places, cow-houses, and
bake-houses were examined during the year. I cannot say
this part of my duty was accomplished entirely without
trouble and annoyance; for in a few instances I met with
considerable opposition, and two owners of cow-houses, I
regret to report, were found to have kept their premises
in a condition so unsatisfactory as to necessitate a refusal
of their licences by the Magistrates.
In closing my report, I cannot avoid referring briefly to
a great want in this Sub-district. I allude to the absence
of any systematic attempts to number the houses in many
of the streets, &c. Apart from the inconvenience of this
in a postal point of view, it is to medical men, clergymen,
and indeed to every one having duties to perform or business
to transact in streets where duplicate numbers are
frequently occurring, a most annoying task to go in search
of an address. I strongly urge this matter upon the consideration
of the authorities.
JOHN MacDONOGH,
Medical Officer of Health for Clapham.