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statistics It is, therefore, satisfactory to know that the;i
calculations adopted in my Annual Reports, based upon the
number of persons per house (us shown in the previous
census) and the number of inhabited houses in the district
(as ascertained from the rate book), have been so nearly
correct.
Enumerated population census, 1871 49,663
Estimated population, middle, 1871 50,022
Removable Causes of Disease.
1856 The removable causes of disease may be classified
under eight heads, viz.:—
Want of light.
Want of ventilation and free circulation of air.
Deficient or impure supply of water.
Adulterated food.
Animal food rendered poisonous by disease or decay.
Putrefying animal matter, drains, cesspools, slaughterhouses,
&c.
Marsh miasm.
The state of dwelling houses.
1856.—Sundry of the causes here enumerated act more
prejudicially, for various evident reasons, at a low elevation,
and vary materially according to the amount of wind, temperature,
peculiar state of the atmosphere, such as its electric
state, barometric pressure, sudden atmospheric changes,
amount of heat, moisture, rainfall, &c., &c.
The healthiness of a district also depends materially
upon the kind of occupation of its inhabitants; and the
length of life varies materially according to the kind of
employment by which its inhabitants earn their daily living.
1 or instance, in some occupations poisons enter the system
through the medium of the skin, or enter the stomach, or
are breathed into the lungs; in others, there is great exposure
to the weather; in some, there is a great amount of loss of
rest and exposure to the night air; in others, there is a great
of confinement in close apartments and want of exercise;