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St George (Southwark) 1867
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southward.
"Great cities are great plagues;" and constantly are they increasing in size and population.
They have been described as the splendid sepulchres which nations build unto
themselves. Shall this saying remain for ever true? or shall your labours here form part
of one vast endeavour whereby this terrible doom may be averted; and so this great city
escape the fate of the cities of the past.
HENRY BATESON, M.D.,
May 28th, 1867. Medical Officer of Health.