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is saved and sold as manure. One family only is said to
escape, the family of the Clergyman resident there. In his
house, of course, no such custom prevails. Many of these
deaths, but for such insanitary conditions, would not occur.
If, then, we would "abate the pace of death," we must avail
ourselves of all the defences of health—of sewerage, water,
scavenging, ventilation, and light, with the strict avoidance
also of overcrowding—so that our blood may not be poisoned
nor we destroyed by disease. Thus shall we "not only live
longer, but be better fitted to answer the great ends of life."
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
"With great respect,
Very faithfully yours,
SAMUEL PEARCE,
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Gentlemen of the Vestry of
St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.