The progress of death in Scotland and her counties since 1855 : a comparison.

  • Fyfe, Peter.
Date:
1892
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    THE PROGRESS OF DEATH IN SCOTLAND AND HER COUNTIES SINCE 1855: A COMPARISON. 0 Since you did me the honour to elect me President of this Association, I have been somewhat anxiously meditating upon an address which might be instructive and at the same time run on paths comparatively untrodden. In these days of general enlightenment and voluminous publica- tion, the observant mind soon becomes impressed with the salient features of any applied science. The sciwice of sanitation is not excepted from this rule. It is young in years, but in the heart of the nation it is growing mature and strong. Men and women in this kingdom are now coming to understand and believe that, “ in order to the prevention of tilth diseases, the prevention of tilth is indispensable; ” and not only so, but also to appreciate, ta some extent. Sir John Simon’s other truism, that “the exacter studies of modern times have further shown that, by various channels of indirect and clandestine influence, tilth can operate more subtly and also far more widely and more distinctively than our forefathers conjectured.” Two hundred years ago some of the fashionable and aristo- cratic celebrities of London stepped into their palaces, round the thresholds of which heaps of cabbage stalks and rotten apples