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have ranged from about 2 grains in the gallon to
nearly 20 ; and under the last circumstance the
river began to be offensive. Its temperature
has never exceeded 68 degrees of Fahrenheit, and
for the most part it has been from 40 to 60
degrees.
Table VII. exhibits the amount of sanitary work
in the quarter. The sum of it is, that 9,425
inspections of houses have been made by the
Inspectors, and that 2,462 orders have been issued
for sanitary improvement. Each of the 70 cases
of fever, and the 93 of diarrhoea recorded in the
death table, as well as the 154 cases of fever, and
800 of diarrhoea on the sick books of the Union
Medical Officers, has been the subject of immediate
inquiry, and in most cases of special sanitary
measures. By this method of thorough inspection
we became acquainted with the sanitary state
of the City, and with the means which are necessary
for its improvement.
Finally, in the last Table of the Appendix, there
are classified the facts which relate to the seizures
of unsound and unwholesome meat, &c., in this
City. You will notice that the officers have seized
in the course of the year 143,934 lbs. or rather
more than 64 tons of meat, and 1,578 head of
game and poultry as unfit for human food. It
consisted of 1,100 sheep, 42 calves, 139 pigs,
899 quarters of beef, and 659 joints of meat. The