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beginning to be felt, and th eir adoption appreciated, b y th e in h a b ita n ts: the w a te r, from w ant o f any filtering p rocess for rem oving its im purities, is o f a pernicious q u ality ; the sew erage m o st defectiv e; the m o rtality v ery g reat — indeed it has been said to be g re ater th an in an y tow n o f E u ro p e, V ienna excepted. T h e official retu rn s shew th a t in the five m onths ending Ja n u a ry 2 9 th . the b irths w ere 1890, and the deaths 2 1 4 4 , (being an excess of 2 5 4 deaths over b irth s), o f w hich Consum ption claimed 21 1 , H ooping Cough 2 2 4 , Inflam m atory fever 2 69, S pasm s 2 3 5 . B ut th is , it m ust be confessed, w as a m ore th an usually u n h ealth y season. N otw ith­ standing, how ever, all these incentives to disease, and invitations, as it were, for the C holera to take up its abode here, it is a rem ark able fact th at this dreadfu l scourge has never y et visited C openhagen. T his h a s been endeavoured to be accounted for by som e to the absence of rivers and the presence of constant gales. So frequent are strong w inds here th a t a w itty Am erican once rem arked. "T h ere w as w ind enough in D enm ark for a country ten tim es its size.” T h e s e , h o w e v e r, cannot solely account for the non -visitation o f the cholera — we m ust acknow ledge the h and of P ro v id e n c e , and be thankful. B u t there is every hope th a t " a good tim e is com in g ,” and th at a v a st im provem ent will ere