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Wandsworth 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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REPORT.
To the Board of Works of the Wandsworth District.
Gentlemen,
Proceeding on the same plan as in former years, and
adopting the same forms for the tabulation of the statistics relating to
the entire district, as well as to the sub-districts, we have the honour to
present our Report for 1860, the fifth year since our appointment to
office.
We have much pleasure in bringing to your notice the facts contained
in the following summary of the health of the entire district,
which shew that your exertions in the prosecution of sanitary measures
have been attended with very considerable success.
We have the honour to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your very obedient Servants,
THE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH
of the wandsworth district.