, 1889-09-21

The Governor. who had been suffering
from onfe 1of'the prevailing IraladieR, so far
recovered as. to he able 10 leave in the
LAST: Mail for. Englsn nd u and the Chief
Jhsttce,, who was also suffering at the date
of our last Summary Ia now cOnvaleScent,
and is fikeiy to. resume his duties on the
list ffdx. .Bnt, there isa still much sickness
among tire humber classes, and the death
rate Continues abnormally high.
In. the Official Gazette of Aug. 22nd is
published a table showing the mortality of
the parish Of st. Michael, Inclusive Of the
City, during the month of July. The
table .disclOsesF that the total number of
deaths for; the month was 257, matie up as
follows ~ male and IS female adults,
and 81 .mate and 78 female children being
SO deaths in. excess Of The mortality of the
parish for the corresponding period of last
. year" The' total" number of deaths for the .,
City alone dur ing the same. period: was
1873. comprising Is maize. xna4t2Ak female
. aadfulrrss, and So male AHA 80. female childuen,
!. showing d total fnereasdsf@8O hraths i'll
the CITY mortality fol. the corr espouding
periodfo OF 1akt year. @.F-i~ 1s3 49,.
Tie Interin4nts last week. at the West.
bury Ceinetefy were 60 viz. at Adults,
: 40 Children; an&; this week they have
= reached the large nnmber of IA, VIII IT
Adults, and 81 Children. -rs
In spite of this, however, there is, no
cause whatever for alarm. "There ARE
times and seasons fOrSall things" and sick
ness Of one hind or Hnether is sure to visit
even the 1iealthieSt places. Nevertheless, an
We stated before, the Sanitary authorities
are busyitig themselves aS tar IA the means
ut thtir diSptsdl@wil alinw, in Kidding the
City OF surlt Impurities as tend to gencr-
ofo' HjSEoSn' Me- K&rIEr SfAlr ma nffhnkT In.
spe cIora, in Particular, iS showing great
zeaF in carrying Uut ''hi III yIlnties. Within
the past few days he made 4@twO seizures Of
Ihe most abominabIe and offensive stuff
which it is possible to conceive, and which
is often imported here; and allowed to be
landed ds food for our people. In one
case. the articles 'ECi0cd We're behring's
belonging to MeSsrS:! W.? p. Leacock s.
90. In the other;5 t hey were what is
known as pork rbS,-tle refuse OF the
d American Strawberries hadlftF the Yam
KEGS to consume themselves but good
enough tO'be SBiit here to lie eaten by the
poorer. ecidsSseayy OF our population! . How
=, men CAN fnd' It III their conScienceS to re-
nickteEas" they Cali it-thdse putrid goods
and distribute them throughout the country
TO PROPAGATE disease among those whose
poyeity often times compeis them 70 pur-
chase them, lt ~ inArO 10 u1ldeTStanU. Inc
Custom horse officers are required by law
Z 10 prevent such tli ngs. from being landed.
But they are afraid to do their duty, and
they are landed all the same. We un.
derstaaid that stheESA4+itary Board are now
engaged IN formulating Il scheme for the bet
Ter preservation of the, health of the island.
If they can ssuc5ceSs5tff il II pttttng an end to
- this, among other evils, they would de
: serve, the thanks. of every indtciluslein the
commit its from whose'hreast he dWra sacrd
Jameso has not stamped out every Testing OF
humanity. - @I ~
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