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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 1864
Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Vestry of Mile End Old Town
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houses,—these public improvements, with many others, have
done much to render the England of our day a more desirable
and healthy country than the England of our forefathers.
Whatever has been lost in picturesqueness has been gained
in health and extended longevity, with their attendant comforts
and advantages.
Hoping, desiring, and expecting, that a perseverance in
the promotion of sanitary measures, and an extension of
acquaintance with their doctrincs, may produce the results
which almost inevitably follow their adoption,
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant,
J. H. FREEMAN,
Medical Officer of Health for Mile End Old Town.
Vestry Hall, Mile End,
15th July, 1864.
Newell, Printer, 78, Mile End Road.