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Annul Report of the Medical of Health-1877-8.

Zymotic diseases. a* might bo expected, prevail most in the poorest and unhealthiest.
???stricts. They are hardly over altogether absent, whilst every now and then, they become
???idemic. It is not only the localities themselves which prove thus favourable to these
seases, but the houses also, whether arising from faulty material, or the nature of their
???ndationa. This condition does not alone characterise the houses built in the past, but
???aracterises those built in the present Materials of whatever kind, or from whence
tained give the smallest concern to the Builder. provided they are cheap, and will by
???y means hold together awhile. They may, from the source obtained, be permeated with
???e germs of disease, which only await suitable circumstances to burst out into lull activity,
d which circumstances in the course of time will be sure to arrive When witnessing
???icks carted away from broken up old sewers in our roads and streets, and other equally
ngerous places, I have often reflected upon the use for which they were intended. The
???ndationa upon which streets of houses are built, seem prepared on purpose for the pro???tion
and perpetuation of disease, consisting, as they mainly do. of the contents of dust
is road sweepings, and rubbish heaps, formed of garbage of every variety Brick is
need upon brick, and stuck together by mortar composed of the sifting of ashes, mud.
???d the debris from the demolition of old houses or other buildings, mixed with a little lime.