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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
Mile End 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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of the previous year. Ammonia 1.75 grains, the legal
standard allowed being 5 grains. There was never at
any time any trace of sulphuretted hydrogen.
I have the honour to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
MATTHEW CORNER, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Sanitary Inspector's Report of Works executed during the year 1873—4.
| Houses and premises connected with new sewers | 132 |
| Old drains abolished | 120 |
| Houses cleansed and purified | 127 |
| Houses disinfected | 65 |