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susceptible to illness. Much of this is no doubt due to
the care of the school officials, to the superior sanitary
condition of the school buildings, compared with the
unhealthy homes of the children, together with greater
regard to cleanliness and proper clothing, rendered
necessary by school attendance. By degrees the direct
effect of education itself will prove the strongest and
surest ally and aid to sanitary progress and public
health; then sanitation and hygiene will be comprehended
and courted, instead of as now too frequently
doubted and resented.
The material deductions, and those most interesting
to you as the local sanitary authority, derivable from
experience in sanitary work, are that well made and well
cleansed roads, good drainage, wholesome water, and
the means for so preserving it, dwellings in good repair,
with necessary sanitary requirements, are essential to,
and practically synonimous with, a high standard of
public health, good tenants, secure rents, few paupers,
and low rates,
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
MATTHEW CORNER.
Vestry Hall,
Sept. 1876.