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Means have been recommended for the abatement of
these causes of complaint, and the places are under
observation.
In one case, I have felt it necessary to recommend
the entire closure of a house as unfit for human habitation,
owing to the defective state of a drain running
immediately under the flooring of the kitchen, until the
proper repairs should be effected.
Table IV. gives a Summary View of the labours of the
Poor-Law Medical-Officers during the quarter.

Thus it appears that 473 persons who sought admission
to the Workhouse, 166, or one-third, were compelled