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testimony. During the past year no less than 34 deaths
were recorded, the causes of which were not specified.
12. The necessity for every street to be permanently named
and every house numbered; not only for the sake of
public and private convenience, but to admit of greater
facility for the investigation of the local causes of
disease, and for the more complete employment of
sanitary measures in their removal.
All these requirements, many of which can be practically
and immediately dealt with, present great claims upon
the attention of the Board.