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SANITARY MATTERS.
Between March 25th, 1859, and March 25th, 1860, there
were 3,271 cases of nuisance brought under the notice of the
General Purposes Committee, by the Medical Officers and Inspectors,
of these 2,111 cases referred to the state of 1,032
dwelling houses, rendered unwholesome by reason of their filthy
and dilapidated condition, or their foul cesspools, or their defective
drains. The particulars of these, and of the remaining cases, are
shown in the accompanying Table, No. I.
The general Sanitary state of the Parish, as indicated by its
mortality in the year 1859, is shown in the following Table, No. II.
which gives the total number of births, the total number of
deaths, the deaths under five years of age, and the deaths in the
workhouses, which occurred in the entire Parish, and in each of
its eight sub-divisions, during the entire year, and during each
particular quarter of the year.