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 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894

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message to an Ambulance Station where I am
informed that carriages are kept properly
equipped to start at any moment, and the
woman was removed from the Rectory within
twenty-five minutes of my receiving the first
intimation of her case.
The following are the regulations under
which this great boon is available to the
public at large:—
METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS
BOARD.
Regulations for the Removal of Persons
suffering from infectious diseases.
1. Apply on week days, between 9 a.m.
and 8 p.m., to the chief offices. Postal
address: Norfolk House, Norfolk Street,
Strand, W.C. Telegraphic Address: Asylums
Board, London. Telephone Number 2587.
N.B.—Applications in the latter part of the day