Report on the establishment of public abattoirs / by Charles A. Cameron.

  • Cameron, Charles A.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Report on the establishment of public abattoirs / by Charles A. Cameron. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    cerned, is to lower the death rate when it is excessive to a normal standard. In the city of Dublin a larger percentage of the population perish annually than in the county of Dublin. The city must, therefore, be regarded as an unhealthy place, until the death-rate in it becomes as low as that in the county. This desirable consummation is practically impossible; for where 1-2 Oth of the whole population of Ireland, with its area of 20,000,000 acres, is concentrated on 10,000 acres, it is impossible that the citizens could enjoy a salubrity equal to that of the plains of Kildare or the mountains of Wicklow. 300,000 pairs of human lungs, and the smoke and vapors from 40,000 chim- neys, vitiate the atmosphere to an extent that no system of ventilation could altogether obviate. But although a real rus in urbe is practically un- attainable, yet nothing is more certain than the feasi- bility of improving the sanitary condition of Dublin to such an extent as to render it nearly as healthy a place of residence as the open country. The comple- tion of the sewerage system, including the purification of the river, would alone sensibly lower the mortality in the city and suburbs. An abundant supply of purer water than we now possess would have the same effect, though, perhaps, not to the same extent. Greater cleanliness in the abodes of the poor, and the better scavenging of the streets, would also tend much to improve the public health. In order to accomplish these improvements, the expenditure of large sums of money