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and 1 from diphtheria; and the small-pox still lingers in the
district, although no death therefrom was recorded. The whole
mortality in the elapsed month was 31, but 65 children were
horn, leaving a balance of 34 in favour of the living, and giving
an increase of population during the month of more than one a
day.
Yours respectfully,
September, 1860. W. MURDOCH.
FIFTY-SEVENTH REPORT
Gentlemen,
I think it necessary again to bring under your notice the dust
mound near the Plough Bridge. Since my last Report, the
mound has much diminished, a portion of it having been removed,
another portion has evidently been sifted, and lies ready for removal,
still much of the heap remains untouched. Thus there
is a large patch covering an area of about fifty square feet, and
six feet in depth, and several smaller patches in the same state
as heretefore. The carting of house refuse also to the spot has
never ceased for one day, and a hundred loads or more have
been shot within twenty feet of Napier's Place, the inhabitants
of which complain bitterly of the stenches and other annoyances
to which they are subjected. The value of the property must in
time be lessened by the presence of the above-named nuisance.
It does not appear to me probable that the contractor will fulfil
the promise made to this vestry, namely, that the whole heap
should be taken away within one calendar month from the date of
the last monthly meeting.
Twelve butchers have applied for the renewal of licence to
their respective slaughterhouses. All these places have been
visited and carefully examined, and, in justice to the applicants,
I must say that the slaughterhouses in Rotherhithe are generally
clean and orderly, and that the parishioners have no reason to be
dissatisfied therewith. Without making any invidious distinctions,
I may remark that some four or five of the slaughterhouses in this
Parish, from their structure and the manner in which they are
kept, might be taken as models of such buildings. I have, therefore,
to suggest the propriety of renewing all the licences.
At Mr. Fisher's Granary, Rotherhithe Street, damaged grain