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SANITARY MATTERS.
Between March 25th, 1800, and March 25th, 1861,
there were 2,600 cases of nuisance brought under the notice of
the General Purposes Committee, by the Medical Officer and
Inspectors. 1,666 of these cases referred to the state of
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 1860, 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.