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In addition to this list of streets and places, we inspected
seventy cow-houses, scattered all over the districts, nearly the
whole of which required white-washing, cleansing, repaving; a
large proportion, the erection of receptacles for the manure,
improved ventilation, and other structural work. There were
also sixty-five slaughter-houses inspected, the majority of which
required lime-whiting and cleansing.
The sanitary condition of the district has been decidedly good
during this year, for there were only 1749 deaths registered in
the district, including an excess of about 50 in the East London
Union and German Hospital, against the corrected number of
1814 in 1861. The weather was very favourable to health
during the greater part of the year, which accounts to a considerable
extent for the diminished number of deaths, The
improved arrangements for drainaga, and the supervision exercised
over the dwellings of the poor, must have had considerable
influence in producing this favorable result
The first Table which I shall lay before you, is that of the
births in each sub-district, by which it will be seen that although
the average for each sub-district has altered considerably, yet
that the total has not increased so much as in former years.

In 1858 the births were 2454; in 1850, 2570: in 1860,