Excerpt from California Public Health Report, 1876There are, it is feared, multitudes in all our large towns so heavily burdened with the load of a vitiated heritage, and so hemmed in by the barriers of foul air, filth, and want, that teaching and preaching can only be felt as bitter mockeries, unless these barriers are first removed. Therein lie the duties of sanitary authorities, and only in compulsory measures is there any reasonable hope that amelioration and enlighten ment may penetrate to these depths.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.