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SANITARY.
The Sanitary condition of the district continues highly
satisfactory. The Board append the Report of the Medical
Officer for the year ended 31st December last, from which it
will be seen that the annual rate of mortality in the District
was 1392 per 1000, whilst the annual rate of the whole of
London for the like period amounted to 20.3 per 1000, and
of Districts outside London 17.5.
The number of inhabited houses and the population of
the district also continue to increase, as shewn by the Table
in the Medical Officer's Report annexed. The number
in each case, at Midsummer, 1884, being—
Inhabited houses 12,716
Estimated population 79,730
The Return (Table VI.), shows the number of complaints
brought under the notice of the Committees, and
the proceedings taken thereon. The Slaughter-houses, Cowhouses,
and Fishmongers' premises, have been periodically
inspected by the Board's Sanitary Officers.
Under this head the Board wish again to mention a
sanitary matter to which considerable time and attention is
devoted by the Board's Committees and their Officers, as
being a matter of great importance to the health of a
growing community, viz, the collection and removal of
Dust, &c.
The cost of this work exceeds £2,000 per annum, and
as the price obtained by the Board for the refuse is declining
this cost must grow, but every effort is made, without unduly
increasing the expenditure, to keep the district as clear from
dust as possible.
The Board again urgently request all householders to
see that the men are not refused the dust on calling, and
that any vegetable, animal, or other matter, which may be
burnt or otherwise destroyed, is not placed in the ashpits.
Any complaints of the non-clearance of ashpits may be
made by letter to the Board, at their Offices, when attention
will be given to the same; but it is apparent that the Board