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REPORT,
1878.
To the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District.
Gentlemen,
We have the honour to present the twenty-third
Annual Report on the health and sanitary condition of
the Wandsworth District.
The death-rate of the year 1878 shows a considerable
increase upon that of 1877; but we think we have been
able in the introductory pages, and also in several of the
local summaries, to prove that there is no reason for
apprehension or dissatisfaction on that account, as the
increase is entirely among diseases over whose origin and
incidence we have no control; and as there is on the
contrary a decrease in those diseases which are capable of
limitation by the exercise of sanitary precautions.
The year has also been distinguished by unusual
activity in sanitary work in your district, but the suggestions
we have had occasion to make in the following pages
are evidence of the vast amount of work yet unaccomplished.
We have the honour to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
The Medical Officers of Health for
the Wandsworth District.