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weather, and by a higher temperature in the body of
the church. It is therefore imperatively necessary so
to order matters in the vaults of churches as to prevent
the generation in them of any noxious gases. It is
satisfactory to be able to state, that the precautions
suggested will obviate all danger to the congregations
of the Shoreditch churches. They are generally in a
condition very creditable to the authorities, and are
quite free from those revolting spectacles I have
witnessed elsewhere.
THE STATE OF THE THAMES.
It deserves to arrest the calm attention of the public
that the quarter now ended has embraced a month of
unparalelled heat, with unprecedented foulness of the
Thames; and that the public health has, notwithstanding
been remarkably good.
With the history of the past quarter before us, we
are again in a position to pass under review the influences
that have effected the public health; and to
examine by the test of experience the grounds of the