Sanitary inquiry : - England. : Local reports on the sanitary condition of the labouring population of England, in consequence of an inquiry directed to be made by the Poor Law Commissioners. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842.

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Sanitary inquiry : - England. : Local reports on the sanitary condition of the labouring population of England, in consequence of an inquiry directed to be made by the Poor Law Commissioners. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1842.

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iv, 444 pages ;, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (lithogr.) : tables ; 22 cm

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Mss on t.p. may be another library's shelfmark; Bookseller's ticket pasted over imprint : P.S. King, Parliamentary & general bookseller, King St., Westminster; LSHTM Library accession stamp date - 5 Aug. 1964
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26 papers. Titles taken from papers (which differ from the titles on the Contents list) 1. On the sanitary state of the counties of Devon and Cornwall by W.J. Gilbert.-- 2. On the sanitary state of Truro by Dr. Charles Barham.-- 3. On the dwellings and general economy of the labouring classes in Kent and Sussex by Edward Carleton Tufnell.-- 4. On the sanitary state of the town of Brighton, and on the causes and prevention of fever by Dr. G.S. Jenks.-- 5. On the cottage accommodation in the Uckfield Union by H.H. Newnham.-- 6. On the sanitary state of the counties of Berks, Bucks, and Oxford by W.H. Parker.-- 7. On the dwellings of the labouring clases in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, Salop, Worcester, Brecknock, and Radnor by Sir Edmund Head.-- 8. On cottage accommodation in Bedfordshire, Northampton, and Stafford by Robert Weale.-- 9. On the dwellings of the labouring clases in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk by Edward Twisleton.-- 10. On the causes of disease affecting the labouring classes in the counties of Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, and Rutland by Edward Senior.-- 11. On the sanitary condition of the town of Derby by William Baker.-- [12.] 11.(sic) Report on the sanitary condition of the parish of Breadsall in the Shardlow Union by J.P. Kennedy.-- [13. ]12. (sic) Report on the state of the public health in the Borough of Birmingham by a Committee of Physicians and Surgeons.--
14. On the sanitary condition of the town of Wolverhampton by J. Dehane.-- 15. On the sanitary state of the town of Stafford by Dr. Edward Knight.-- 16. Report on the habitations of the lower orders in Salop, Cheshire, and North Wales by William Day.-- 17. On the state of the labouring clases in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire by Charles Mott.-- 18. On the sanitary inquiry in his late district in Lancashire, &c. by Alfred Power.-- 19. On the sanitary state of Liverpool by Dr. W.H. Duncan.-- 20. On the prevalence of diseases arising from contagion, malaria, and certain other physical causes amongst the labouring classes in Manchester by Richard Baron Howard.-- 21. An improved description of cottage tenements for the labouring classes [Egerton] by Edmund Ashworth.-- 22. Sanitary condition of the town of Lancaster by Dr. Edward de Vitré.-- 23. On the state and condition of the town of Leeds in the West Riding of the County of York by Robert Baker.-- 24. First report. On the state of the dwellings of the labouring classes in Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland, and Westmoreland by Sir John Walsham.-- 25. Second report. On the state of the dwellings of the labouring classes in Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland, and Westmoreland by Sir John Walsham.-- 26. Third report. On the state of the dwellings of the labouring classes in Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland, and Westmoreland by Sir John Walsham

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