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both. We can scarcely appeal to these figures and say that
they tend to prove that the parish of Camberwell, or even the
district of Peckham, is relatively to the rest of London unhealthy;
we can scarcely even deduce from them that Peckham
appears lees healthy than the rest of the parish. Indeed, considering
that circumstances have prevailed, over which at most
we have a very limited control, to occasion throughout the
metropolis an epidemic prevalence in an unusually severe form
of small-pox, of true typhus, and of scarlet fever, I cannot but
feel that as regards the first two diseases, at least, we have
suffered comparatively lightly, and have reason to be thankful.
The works which have been executed during the year have been
for the most part of the usual character, as a reference to the
table (Table VI.) will shew. 1393 houses were inspected, and as
a result of these inspections 134 houses have been cleansed and
whitewashed and 41 have been repaired; 52 yards have been
paved or otherwise amended; 8 dust-bins have been provided;
in 56 cases water has been laid on to the premises for drinking
purposes, and in 24 it has been supplied to closets; 281 cesspools
have been emptied, and 68 abolished; 137 closets have
been provided and 229 drains cleansed or amended. Besides
these, 933 nuisances arising from accumulations of ashes, dung
or other refuse, from pigs, obnoxious trades, &c., have been
inquired into, and in most instances remedied or removed.
In addition to the above, 55 slaughter-houses have been under
supervision and 64 cow-houses, all of which have during the
year been reported on at length and have received their licenses
unopposed. Further, late in the year, all the bake-houses in
the parish were carefully inspected, and the result of this
inspection is embodied in the following extract of my report to
the Vestry, dated December 16, 1863.
"The inspection of bake-houses, which has been completed