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of water either increased or decreased mortality to a con- 

 siderable extent. The Doctor instanced a village near 

 Halifax, which he did not name, where the water was 

 bad, and the inhabitants were never free from disease ; 

 but in every other respect it stood advantageously. 



Mr. Clay said, he thought there was most typhus, for 

 instance, on the brow of hills looking south, and supported 

 Dr. Inglis and Mr. Briggs with respect to the quality of 

 water. 



Dr. Crowther said, some 30 years ago, an epidemic 

 broke out with violence every year at Daw Green, near 

 Dewsbury. For several years it was difficult to ascertain 

 any cause. The inhabitants had an ash-heap, and it was 

 customary to remove the ashes every May, and immediately 

 the disease was raging. One year it was removed at Christ- 

 mas, and the following summer the place was healthy. The 

 ashes were afterwards removed at Christmas, and the disease 

 had not since appeared. He maintained that the drainage 

 of towns had considerable influence upon health. In his 

 opinion, no good could be done until the legislature passed 

 an act compelling a proper drainage. For instance, some 

 years ago, the Commissioners of the Wakefield Streets 

 laid out £700 in taking a drain from the Ings to the top 

 of Northgate, and it was surprising how few owners of 

 cottage property had availed themselves of it. None, in 

 his (Dr. C.'s) opinion, but compulsory measures, would 

 effect the desired good. 



The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the Chair- 

 man, and to the Rev. Wm. Thorp for his able paper, and 

 the Meeting adjourned. 



