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secuted. In most instances sulphur-fumigation was the
agent employed, and, as in the year preceding, without
the recurrence of the disease for the prevention of which
its use was required, and to this preventive measure with
early removal of the patient to hospital, much of the
immunity of this sub-district from epidemic disease
during the year is without doubt attributable.
The cow-houses, 16 in number, and the slaughterhouses,
8 in number, were examined and their condition
reported on prior to a renewal of their owners' licenses.
The bake-houses, 37 in number, also underwent, as
usual, periodical inspection. They were all in a satisfactory
condition.
The whole sanitary procedure was conducted
without the intervention of the law except in two
instances, in which it became necessary to obtain
prohibitory orders from the sitting magistrate for the
suppression of a piggery in the centre of the town in
one instance, and for the prevention of the deposit of
house-refuse and other noxious matters on the Osier
grounds, Riverside, in the other.
The statistical and other data presented in this Report
collectively furnish conclusive evidence of the attainment
by this sub-district of a high standard of health during
the past year, and the extensive amount of important
sanitary work above referred to may be justly accepted
as having conduced to such a satisfactory result.
In conclusion I beg to bear testimony to the zealous
manner in which the Sanitary Inspectors have performed
their important duties.
GEORGE EDWARD NICHOLAS, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth.