284 The Public Health. [ April, 
nical phraseology of the craft “boning ”—to be then consigned to 
the meat-pie or sausage manufacturer. 
One more instance will suffice to show how far town councillors 
can be entrusted to carry out existing laws, or the demands of 
modern science. 
The Nuisances and Scavenging Committee themselves possess 
one of the most gigantic nuisances that can possibly be concerved— 
to wit, a depdt for town garbage, placed in one of the most densely 
populated neighbourhoods of the town, where this refuse in its 
passage through the various states of putrefaction is converted into 
a saleable manure for the farmers, who fetch it away at their 
convenience. Surely such facts prove how much the public mind 
in Leeds needs educating concerning the immense advantages which 
flow from obedience to sanitary laws; and moreover, such know- 
ledge, when generally diffused, would produce the utterance of 
unmistakable language, and teach our local rulers, that in order to 
retain their seats on the aldermanic bench, they must—regardless 
of sordid interests—busy themselves in promoting the social well- 
being of the poor and ignorant in their wretched homes. 
Scornanp.—Since the last reference was made in this Journal 
to the subject of Public Health in Scotland, much has been done, 
both in the cities and large towns, and among the smaller communities, 
towards bringing about an improvement in their sanitary condition. 
Town Councils, Police Commissions, Parochial Boards, and other 
corporate authorities have been organizing measures for improving 
the Public Health, and lowering the very high death-rate which has - 
too long prevailed. During the last few months the desire to put 
the “ house in order” has been very manifest throughout the greater 
part of Scotland, especially in small communities where there were 
no police acts to empower the authorities to deal with sanitary 
matters. Now the provisions of the General Police and Improve- 
ment (Scotland) Act, 1862, commonly known as Provost Lindsay's 
Act, and Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867, are at their disposal, 
and certainly it is a healthy sign to note the energy that is being 
displayed in many places to have those provisions put in force, 
especially in respect of such matters as the drainage and water- 
supply. 
It may not be inappropriate to commence with sanitary affairs 
in Scotland as they present themselves to our notice in Glasgow. 
One might naturally expect that in Glasgow there would be such 
an amount of energy and public spirit among her merchants, 
manufacturers, clergy, and others, that such measures as are known 
to be conducive to the maintenance of a high standard of Public 
Health would not only be taken by the public authorities, but that 
they would soon be put in operation through the assistance and for 
