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Croydon 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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the Factory, and he has promised to construct apparatus
whereby the Sulphur will be precipitated before the waste
liquors enter the ditch.
Should he fail to carry out his promise the matter
will be brought to the notice of the Authority.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
L. W. DARRA MAIR, M.D., D.P.H.
Union Offices,
Croydon,
December 31st, 1898.
Postscript.—Through the courtesy of the late Medical
OfficesSof Health, I am enabled to state that throughout the
whole of the year 1893, 368 deaths occurred within the District,
exclusive of those in Public Institutions. To this number
must be added 33 deaths of persons belonging to the district,
althQugh they occurred outside, the total thus becoming 401.
This number represents a death-rate of 14.5 per thousand of
population.