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Bethnal Green 1855
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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38726
TO
JOHN SIMON, Esq. F.R.S.
MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH;
WHOSE NOBLE EXERTIONS
IN SANITARY REFORM,
HAVE SAVED THE CITY OF LONDON,
TWO LIVES, PER THOUSAND, PER ANNUM:
THE OFFICER OF HEALTH,
OF
BETHNAL GREEN,
DEDICATES BY PERMISSION,
AND IN TESTIMONY OF DEEP ADMIRATION AND RESPECT,
HIS FIRST SANITARY REPORT.