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 1897
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1897
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have taken in sharing the burden of
yearly-increasing obligations cast upon the
Commissioners of Sewers in common with all
other sanitary authorities, I have been sustained
and supported by your repeated
indulgencies in overlooking my shortcomings.
In conclusion, I venture to express the hope
that in the field of action to which your
functions have been transferred, the same
enlightened sense of responsibility may be
perpetuated that has characterised the proceedings
of the Commissioners of Sewers,
which, whilst it has secured the most assured
confidence of the citizens of London in its
administration of their sanitary requirements,
has earned the gratitude and applause of every
thinking man within the sphere of their
influence.