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trapped; attention should be paid to the ventilation of
dwelling rooms; and no foul accumulation should be
permitted to remain in the dust bin. Information and
advice on all these subjects, and on any other points relating
to the public health or sanitary precautions, may be freely
obtained at the Yestry Hall. It cannot be too earnestly
urged that the neglect of sanitary measures in a small area,
perhaps in a single house, may lead to a serious and widespread
epidemic. The Vestry have therefore no hesitation
in saying that a timely intimation to their Medical Officer of
Health may prevent very serious consequences and actual loss
of life.
COWSHEDS AND SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
There are now no cowsheds in the Parish, and only two
slaughter houses. The licenses of the latter were renewed
in October, the premises having been kept in a satisfactory
condition.
PUBLIC VACCINATION.
The spread of small-pox in some parts of the Metropolis
in the early part of the year 1884, naturally brought the
subject of Public Vaccination under the notice of the Vestry.
It cannot be too widely known that vaccination carefully
and efficiently performed in infancy and renewed at the age
of adolescence is almost entirely a preventive of small-pox.
The statistics of the Metropolitan Asylums Board show that
if the disease is contracted at all after vaccination it is usually
of a mild type, and that the rate of mortality in such cases
is exceedingly low.
As the local Sanitary Authority, the Vestry have cast upon
them the duty of preventing the outbreak and spread ot