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the average of the preceding ten years by a similar calculation
having been upwards of 72 per cent.
Sanitary Proceedings, Removal of Nuisances, &c.—
A summary of the general sanitary operations which have
been carried out during the year, is, as usual, contained
in Table VI., Appendix; and it is satisfactory to find that
they were ail conducted without the necessity of any
appeal to the law for their fulfilment. In addition to
which, all the Slaughter-houses and Cow-houses of the
Sub-district were examined and reported on prior to the
renewal of their owners' licenses.
The premises of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Schools
were examined on two occasions in October last year, and
formed the subject of a Special Report made conjointly
with the Medical Officers of Health for Battersea. These
examinations were made, under instructions of the Board,
in consequence of a sudden outbreak of a very fatal form
of enteric disease, but which fortunately ceased on the
prompt removal of the cause. This was traced to the use
of impure rain water, supplied from a tank to which sewer
gases had access, and which a certain portion of the School
had been inadvertently allowed to use.
In anticipation of the forthcoming closure of the
Burial Ground in Garratt Lane in January next, attempts
have been made to secure a site within the parish for the
formation of a new cemetery. Should the necessity arise
for such an acquisition, it is to be hoped that due regard
will be had to the sanitary aspect of the question, and
that the selection of the site, in common with those for
the establishing of noxious businesses, will be based upon
some definite relation between the area and the population
of the Sub-district. (See Report for 1872, page 27).
The examination now made of the foregoing statistics
affords ample confirmation of the opening statement in