London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1848
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1848-9
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CONTENTS.
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Mortality of the City of London 3
House-Drainage 12
Water-Supply 22
Offensive and Injurious Trades 29
Intramural Burial 36
Houses permanently unfit for Habitation 44
Social Condition of the Poor 64
Suggestions for Sanitary Organization in the City 70
Recapitulation and Conclusion 79
Tables 86