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district. Looking also at the fact of there having been a
large amount of other sanitary work accomplished in the
way of abolishing cesspools, the supplying of water, and
the removing of very many of the worst possible nuisances,
there can, I think, be but few who will hesitate to acknowledge
that the endeavours made during the past year to
improve the sanitary condition of the Sub-district have
been of a most satisfactory character. I should state that
the nsual Special Reports were made to the Board, having
reference to the condition of the slaughter and cow-houses
in the Sub-district, and that these places, as well as the
bakehouses, were, upon inspection, found to be clean and
wholesome, and to have all the appliances insisted upon
by the authorities.
Lastly, I would press upon the Board the necessity of
vigorously sustaining all accomplished improvements, as
well as of designing and carrying out others that may
have the effect of presenting a formidable, if not an impenetrable,
barrier to Cholera and other epidemics that
may either assail or threaten us.
D. C. NOEL,
Medical Officer of Health for Streatham, Tooting, and Balham.