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to Atrophy, while forty deaths were registered from Old Age, of
which number nine occurred above the age of 85 years.
Violent Deaths terminated the existence of 70 persons;
thirteen died from Fractures or Contusions, three from Burns or
Scalds, thirty from Drowning, seventeen from Suffocation, and five
committed Suicide.
Compared with the preceding year, I find that in 1879 the deaths
from Zymotic diseases were 16 less ; from Constitutional diseases 4
more ; from Local diseases 84 more ; from diseases of Development
11 more ; and from Violence 7 less.
Sanitary Work, &c.
With regard to the routine, Sanitary Inspection, which is
always going on, I have to report that in the period under consideration
1,411 houses were inspected, and the orders issued for
Sanitary amendments amounted to 1,070. Two hundred and one
houses were cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed; and 156 were
disinfected after infectious diseases. One hundred and eighty three
house drains were repaired and cleansed, and 218 trapped. One
hundred and four privies and water closets were repaired and
cleansed, 5 were supplied with water, and 4 new were provided.
Sixty one new dust bins were erected, and 76 covered and repaired ;
ten new cisterns were provided, and 62 were repaired, cleansed, and
covered. The yards of 295 houses were paved or re-paved. With
regard to infectious diseases all practicable disinfection was carried