ALASSIO AND ITS FLORA 
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precaution to avoid the infection of certain 
diseases; the reception of the contents of 
the present cesspools in watertight recep- 
tacles; the abolition of some open sewers, 
and the . erection of a small sickhouse to 
insulate the first cases of contagious di- 
seases, I do not hesitate affirm to that, if all 
this were done^, the mortality in our town 
would be reduced to 7 or 8 per 1000; a 
wonderful fact which it would be a sin 
to neglect, when it could be attained so 
easily. 
I owe to the kindness of the Marquis 
IppoUto Rtccardo Gallo the following hi- 
storical notes which are only extracts from 
his valuable work Storia di Alassio and I 
take this opportunity of thanking him for 
the use of the same. 
