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In congratulating the inhabitants of Wandsworth
upon the comparative immunity from Small-pox enjoyed
by this sub-district during the past year, it is to he hoped
that they will assist (each in his own household) in the
execution of the same preventive measures, in the absence
of danger, as those which were successfully employed in
combating the late virulent epidemic; for it is not by
fitful efforts, however energetic, but by continuous, well
sustained endeavours that the permanent prevention of
epidemic disease can be attempted with success, and for
this reason that the conditions which predispose to its
occurrence are daily renewed, and require to be counteracted
by daily sanitary administration.
GEORGE EDWAIiD NICHOLAS, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth.
June, 1882.