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City of London 1849
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THE
SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE
CITY OF LONDON.
Mr. SIMON'S SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
To the Hon. the Commissioners of Sewers
of the City of London.
Lancaster Place, November, 1850.
Gentlemen,
In obedience to that clause in your Act of Parliament
under which my office is constituted, and which
enjoins on your Officer of Health that he shall "report
periodically upon the Sanitary condition of the
City," I now submit to your Honourable Court my
annual statement on this subject.
I. Mortality of the City of London.
During the fifty-two weeks, dated from September
30th, 1849, to September 28th, 1850, there died of
the population under your charge 2,752 persons.
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