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munity, yet we have always power to mitigate their
force, to regulate their actions, and to bring them
under the control of Hygienic influence. This, in
fact, is the practical aim of sanitary science, however
much it may be disturbed by the fanciful
theories of dreamy physicists, or by the sensational
rhapsodies of popular writers.
Sickness Returns.
These have been somewhat above the average for
the last ten years—in the proportion of 10,856 to
10,605; but, except in the case of small-pox, which
has risen from an average of 66 in the year to 476,
the returns have been below the usual proportions.
Cases of fever, for example, have declined from 648
to 328, and alvine disorders from 971 to 356.
Meteorology.
The particulars of the Temperature, Barometric
pressure, Humidity, and Rainfall for the year are
shewn in the 8th table of the Appendix; and, as
usual, they have been deduced from the observations
at Guildhall under the superintendence of Mr. Haywood.
The principal facts are as follows:—