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.

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    REPORT PUBLIC ABATTOIRS, BY CHARLES A. CAMERON, M.D., CITY ANALYST. Agreeably to the directions given to me by the Public Health Committee, I have the honour to sub- mit to them a report on the desirability of establish- ing public abattoirs in this city. SANITARY STATE OF DUBLIN. The vital statistics collected by the Registrar- General show that the average duration of human life is much longer in rural districts than in large towns. The deaths registered in Ireland during the year 1865 afforded a ratio of 1 in every 61'9, or 16 ‘2 per 1,000 of the population, according to the census of 1861. Excluding the city of Dublin, and the Regis- tration districts containing each a town of more than