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REPORT,
1866.
To the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District.
Gentlemen,
The eleventh year of our exertions under the Metropolis
Local Management Act having expired, it again
becomes our duty to furnish such statistical and other
information which our individual experiences have put us
in possession of, in order to determine the present sanitary
condition of our respective Sub-districts, and of the entire
District.
Although a rate of mortality considerably above the
average of the previous ten years has to be reported for
1866, it is satisfactory to find that the vigorous resistance
which it was necessary to offer to the epidemic of
that year, has led to an unusual amount of sanitation being
effected throughout the District, and we are not without
hope, that if such sanitation be well sustained, the exertions
referred to will show results in the future of a very satisfactory
character.
We desire individually and collectively to thank the
members of the District Board, and our respective Local
Committees, for the aid and support afforded us in the
performance of our duties during the prevalence of the
epidemic.
We have the honor to be,
Gentlemen,
Your very obedient Servants,
The Medical Officers of Health of the
Wandsworth District.