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NOTES ON THE CHOLERA SEASONS OF 1832-4. 



The Town of York was now transformed into the City of Toronto, 

 and received the blessing of a Corporation of City Fathers, bent upon 

 improvements and reform. New brooms sweep clean. Streets were 

 cleansed, sewers dug, middens abolished, groggeries mitigated, and 

 mire and mud superseded by plank and McAdam. Many a venerable 

 nuisance was swept away, and the terror caused by the recent visita- 

 tion gave rise to many wholesome and sanitary precautions . Though 

 much remained to be done, much no doubt was done, though the dis- 

 ciples of the McClarty school were still too numerous to permit all the 

 purifications necessary. We now come to the year 1834, which was 

 marked by the second visitation of the dreadful pestilence. An in- 

 spection of the annexed tables will shew that this season was both 

 remarkable in itself, and formed a strong contrast to the preceding 

 year of plague. It will be well to give a brief sketch to illustrate the 

 subject. 



Mar. 



30.6 

 42 

 23 



6 

 11 

 14 



5 



5 



1 

 1.38 



Sept. 



55.2 

 49 

 25 



5 

 15 

 10 

 11 







1 

 1.77 



