Statements are frequently made in the public papers referring to the existence of nuisances in certain locali ties both within and without the boundaries of the city, and in order to supplement the intelligence thus made known, and it may be to cause steps to be taken for the removal of the nuisances, it is often stated that fever ia prevailing or has prevailed in the neighbourhood. We do not for one moment doubt the authenticity of these reports,—in deed, in many cases, we know them to — Iniuulruo, bub iyd nriob tv draw »t --tention to the fact that it is not always where the olfactory nerves are offended that the greatest danger exists. Nay, we are inclined to go further and affirm that although in many instances the sickness which at times prevails in Christchurch has its origin in defective drainage, yet that a very large pro portion arises from the want of domestic cleanlioess on the' part of the inhabitants. We have from time to time pointed out the ill consequences likely to ensue from heaps of decaying animal and vegetable matter being allowed to accumulate in the vicinity -of dwellings. Often and often have -we seen pools of foetid mud, the result of throwing house-slops out of the doors ; whilst the ground all round has been saturated with fcetid matter arising it may be from the overflow of some closet, or because- the inmates of the house, being too indolent to pro perly dispose of the house-slops, had thrown them on the ground near at hand, little- thinking they were laying down a hotbed of disease which might in the course, of a few months affect their own and their neighbours' children, and send many of them to their long home in the cemetery. Some persons allow water to drain under their dwellings without taking any notice thereof — probably the house shows no sign of damp, no offensive odour arises, and. no danger is thought of until — diptheria comes and smites right find left. 