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Square Division is 1 in 78 of the population, in the
Golden Square Division it is 1 in 66, and in the
Berwick Street Division, 1 in 45. Taking in the
death in the Workhouse, the whole death of the
Parish is 1 in 57 of the population. It must, however,
be recollected that the Workhouse is tenanted
more highly with persons from the Berwick Street
Division of the Parish, thus making the death-rate
of that Division at least 1 in 40 of the population.
Although this death-rate is not exceedingly high for
a city population, it nevertheless represents that
District in the Parish which demands most attention
and the one where there is the most ample room
for future sanitary operations.
Zymotic Diseases.
In remarking, from year to year, on the general
health of the Parish, I have always insisted on the
necessity of separating the deaths whieh occurred
from general causes from those which were produced
by specific poisons. It has always appeared to me
if the public were sufficiently instructed, and the
authorities sufficiently alive, we might put an end
to those diseases which one call Zymotic, just as
we have put an end to Plague in England, which
was once a national curse. I believe we might put