composed of sandy gravel, is absorbent of fluids. Refuse of men and animals is allowed to accumulate within the town, in large offensive dunghills. In the warm month of September, pigs might be seen standing knee-deep in their own dung. Dirty liquids were stagnating in the sun in some of the narrow back courts, with other foul accumulations unnameable-nuisances alike to sight and smell. "The air in Dunkeld is thus seen to be limited in extent, in consequence of the small area surface occupied by houses; and, in consequence of its sheltered site, the streets are screened from the wholesome breezes enjoyed by exposed towns. The ventilation of individual houses is impeded by the plan of the streets, and by trees; and while such a combination of impediments to free circulation and renewal of the air demands every precaution possible to preserve its purity, a want of proper police regulations permits slovenly dirty people to pollute it for themselves and their neighbours, by habits which, without exaggeration of language, may be termed a disgrace to a civilized society. "In 1851 and 1861 the census returns for the Dunkeld district gave 1,141 and 1,080 as the numbers of the population in these years; and the total deaths, within the district from 1855 to 1861, a period of seven years, were 195, or 28 yearlynumbers which are equivalent to a death rate of 25 5 for the district. "The inhabitants of the town, according to a competent local authority, were about 1,000 in 1851, but in 1861 this number had diminished to 926, while the deaths from 1855 to 1865, inclusive, were 265, or 24 1-11th yearly. If 950 be assumed as an average population for the eleven years-and it probably is above the actual number-the death rate for the town alone cannot be less than 25.5. It is 9.1 in excess of the rate in Grantown,* where the annual deaths among 1,500 living are actually fewer than among a thousand in Dunkeld; and it exhibits the strange and melancholy spectacle of a small agricultural community, occupying a beautiful Highland valley, who are not more healthy than if they were confined to the dingy courts and lanes of a large town." If the author of the paper from which these extracts are made would add another obligation to that which he has conferred upon society, by publishing these facts, he would do well. Let him draw the attention of some spirited inhabitant of Dunkeld to the 49th Section of the Sanitary Act of 1866, and recommend him to forward a complaint of the disgraceful condition of the little place to the Home Office; we think we may safely predict that a visit from the Government Inspector would soon reduce the death rate. * The author was comparing Dunkeld with Grantown in his paper. Quarterly List of Publications received for Review. 1. The Elements of Natural Philosophy; or, an Introduction to the Study of the Physical Sciences. By Charles Brooke, M.A., F.R.S. Based on the Treatise by the late Dr. Golding Bird. Sixth Edition. 880 pp. Fcap. 8vo. 701 Wood Engravings. John Churchill & Sons. 2. Hospitals, Infirmaries, and Dispensaries: their Construction, Interior Arrangement, and Management, with Descriptions of existing Institutions and Remarks on the present System of affording Relief to the Sick Poor. By F. 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