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as the papers on Vaccination and Scarlet Fever,
have been reprinted and circulated by thousands in
various towns of England.
In 1858 my attention was more particularly
called to the overcrowded and unhealthy condition
of those Cellars and Kitchens which had been let for
the occupation of poor families during that year
and the two preceding ones. Sixty-two kitchens
were condemned as being occupied contrary to the
103rd Section of the Metropolis Management Act.
Since that time it has required constant attention
to prevent these kitchens from being repopulated.
The getting rid of the unhealthy population of the
kitchens has, undoubtedly, been a cause of the
diminished population of the Parish, and its increased
salubrity.
In 1859 my attention was directed to the state of
the Stables, Cow Houses, and Slaughter Houses in
the Parish. I pointed out that a large number of
these were situated in the midst of thickly-crowded
populations, and could but act, through the decomposing
animal matter by which they are accompanied,
injuriously on the health of the inhabitants of the
houses near by.
In 1860 "An Act for Preventing the Adulteration
of Articles of Food or Drink," was passed. I was
appointed Analyst under this Act, but without a
proper laboratory for carrying out the provisions of
the Act. I have, nevertheless, made extensive
analyses of articles of food, such as milk, bread,