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thousand died. The death-rate of the Camberwell sub-district
was 1.73, of St. George's 1.86. In this comparison of the subdistricts
I have excluded from consideration the deaths in the
Workhouse and in the Lunatic A.sylums, which if shared according
to population among the sub-districts, would of course raise the
death-rate of each of them to a small extent. I need scarcely
say however, that the deaths in these institutions have not been
omitted morf the calculation on which my comparison between
Camberwell and the rest of London was based.
Work done.—During the twelve months which expired on the
31st March, 1863, 1374 houses were inspected; and as a result
of these inspections 241 houses were cleansed and whitewashed
and 73 were repaired; 61 yards were paved or otherwise
amended; 36 dust bins were provided; in 78 instances water
was laid on to premises for drinking purposes, and in 62 was
supplied to closets; 303 cesspools were emptied and 114 filled
up and abolished; 95 closets were provided, and 436 drains
were trapped or otherwise amended. Besides these, 1280
nuisances arising from accumulations of ashes, dung or other
refuse, pigs, obnoxious trades, &c., were investigated, and in the
majority of instances remedied or removed. Further, 52
slaughter houses have been inspected, have been approved of
and allowed to have their licenses unopposed. All had been
cleansed and whitewashed, and when necessary, otherwise
repaired. Last year for the first time, cow-houses were placed
on the same footing as slaughter-houses. 62 of these had to be
inspected and reported upon. Many of them were found very
defective, thus proving the necessity of the supervision under
which they were placed. These defects however were to a very
considerable extent remedied, and it was only thought desirable
to oppose the obtaining of a license in two cases.
The greater number of the above works were executed without
the need of any formal notice. In 309 cases notices were