οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μιάσματος → that pollution never wears out, that pollution can never grow old
P. ἔνδεια, ἡ, ἔλλειψις, ἡ.
want: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ, σπάνις, ἡ.
deficiencies, shortcomings: P. ἐλλείμματα, τά.