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years of life; and that 169 persons died between 70 and
80, 77 between 80 and 90, and 8 between 90 and 100;
and that, lastly, although the last quarter of the year
was, as is usual, the most fatal quarter of the year, its
relative fatality was, on this occasion, considerably above
the average; in the first quarter there were 582 deaths,
in the second 511, in the third 592, and in the fourth 683.
The sanitary works done between March 25th, 1869, and
March 25th, 1870, are given in Table IV.
During this time 5,782 houses have been systematically
inspected; in addition to which, 67 cow-houses, 50
slaughter-houses, 133 bake-houses, and 39 workshops have
been under supervision; 368 miscellaneous complaints
have been attended to, and 3,466 complaints about nonremoval
of dust.
In relation to the systematic house-inspections, and 368
miscellaneous complaints, 945 first notices were served
(of which most had reference to several requirements), 70
second notices were served, and 13 summonses were taken
out. As a result of these notices and summonses:—491
drains were cleansed and 462 trapped; 200 cesspools were
emptied, 201 abolished, and 290 closets were provided, 60
cleansed and repaired, and 10 provided with water; 430
houses were cleansed, and 60 repaired; 8 had water supplied
to them, 36 had cisterns or water butts provided, and
129 had these receptacles covered; 470 dust-bins were
furnished, and 47 yards were paved.
During that portion of the year in which I continued to
test the quality of the gas supplied by the South Metropolitan
Gas Company, I found the gas invariably, as I had