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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