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176 MA YOB'S ANNUAL REPORT.The garbage of the city is taken to a point just outsideof the city limits, and this office has had severalcomplaints from persons living near the garbage deposits.In one instance, a deposit was made justsouth of Estill avenue, and was a source of complaintfrom many persons using that highway.Alderman Dixon has suggested the removal ofgarbage on cars by one of the railway companies,and it would appear that this method would be worthyof a trial. Certainly the present method doesnot commend itself to anyone, as the placing of filthat points near the city can but interfere with thehealth of the persons living in close proximity torotten animal and vegetable matter.Vital Statistics.It is to be regretted that the tables which accompanythis report cannot be made in a more comprehensiveform and proper classifications made of diseases,but the fact is the death certificates of manyphysicians prevent this being done by neglect toproperly fill out certificates of death occurring in theirpractice, although the Bertillion system is printed onthe back of certificates furnished for this purpose bythe city.In reporting births, again many physicians do notreport them promptly, and some few never reportthem. Midwives report them promptly, and, as aresult, we obtain a more complete return of negrobirths than we do of the whites. The following tableshows the number of births reported the month.