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We thus see that Clerkenwell does not appear in a very
favorable light in regard to the mortality from the Cholera.
No doubt its proximity to the mainly infected districts had an
important influence upon the diffusion of the disease; and this
is borne out by the few instances in which the disease settled
itself in any particular locality.
Great thanks are, however, due to the gentlemen who
honorarily and so arduously performed the duties of members
of the Sanitary Committee; for without their services, especially
in regard to the courts and poorer dwellings, where the sanitary
apparatus is almost necessarily defective, the disease must
assuredly have fallen more severely upon the inhabitants.
The duties of the Medical Staff were rewarded by a gift
of money.
Sanitary Act. The year has been fertile in producing
this important Act, which imposes new duties and gives new
powers to the Vestry. The 27th and 28th Sections require the
especial attention of the Vestry, but no action has as yet been
taken upon it.
The 27th says, "Any nuisance-authority may provide a
proper place for the reception of dead bodies, and where such
place has been provided, and any dead body of one who has died
of any infectious disease is retained in a room in which persons
live or sleep, or any dead body which is in such state as to
endanger the health of the inmates of the same house or room
is retained in such house or room, any justice may, on a