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that there has been no relaxation in the ordinary work of
sanitation. A large amount of work is recorded in the
Table, but, it should be added, very imperfectly represented
by figures which shew results but fail to shew the means
by which those results were obtained, as when, for instance,
the removal of a single nuisance necessitates several
examinations and reports, attendances at the Police
Court, &c.
For remarks on the water supply to the district,
(which, according to Dr. Frankland, continues to be the
most polluted of all those furnished to the metropolis),
and other matters possessing a general as well as local
interest, the reader is referred to the introductory part of
the Report.
GEORGE EDWARD NICHOLAS, M.D.
Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth.