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diseases like those at Clifton and other places. These supplies of
milk are not only liable to contamination at their source, but also
in transit, as the Railway Companies will not allow the vessels to be
sealed. In the refreshment room at Baker Street Station there is a
printed notice on the counter stating that the purity of the milk
sold there is not guaranteed.
BAKERIES.
The Bakeries have been kept in good order, and as by degrees
new ones are being built with modern appliances the health of the
workmen will improve, and bakers will no longer be a short lived
class.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
These places are now kept in a fairly satisfactory state. The
time, however, must come when private Slaughter Houses will be
abolished, and public Slaughter Houses take their place. Perfect
inspection of the meat cannot be carried out in the existing
circumstances, and this is considered as of the first importance by
all sanitarians. The extraordinary reduction of the mortality from
Typhoid in the City of Munich is partly attributed to the abolition
of 600 Slaughter Houses in that capital. The death-rate of
England and Wales is more than four times greater than that of
Munich.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
The Common Lodging House under my care is in good order,
and I presume that the Licensing Magistrates are satisfied with the
other Lodging House.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
The total rainfall for the year was 26.01 inches. The wettest
month was June (413 inches), and the dryest month, July (0.42
inches). January was the coldest month (Fah. 30.4 lowest mean),
and July the hottest (Fah. 75.3° highest mean). The rainfall for
the previous five years was 1892, 20.55; 1893, 21.04; 1894,
29.48; 1895,25.21; 1896,26.88.