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limiting the spread of disease; and further, it has
interested the general public in Sanitary and Public
Health questions; persons applying to me daily for
advice and assistance therein. In many extreme cases
and where persons were not in a position to properly
disinfect their own premises, this work has been done
by persons employed by the Vestry.
Table V., showing number of deaths at various ages
is interesting. More than 28 per cent. of the total
deaths in this Hamlet occurred between birth and the
first anniversary thereof, and if we take the period up
to five years of age it obtains 46.5 per cent. of the
total mortality, or little short of half the figures given
in the Table of Births are transferred to that of deaths
during the first quinquennial period. Making every
allowance for congenital diseases, defects and low vital
powers from various causes, there must still be some
remediable but not yet remedied cause, and for which
we can only conclude that the powers that be are
greatly responsible for this great sacrifice of young,
and, doubtless in the large majority of instances,
vigorous life. Of course the natural protectors are to
be included in this responsibility.
During the next five years the fall in the death-rate
is remarkable, from 46.5 per cent. in the first five
years to 2.3 in the second.
It is satisfactory to see that 11 per cent. were
between 60 and 70 years of age, and still more so that
nearly 14 per cent. were above 80. Taking the greatest
age at death, 1 for each month, 10 out of 12 were from
90 to 95 and 2 from 88 to 90 years of age.
Water.
The supply to this Hamlet is entirely from the East
London Company. Although the solid and organic
impurities have varied, still from the Reports of Drs.