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City of London 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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THE
SANITARY CONDITION
of the
CITY OF LONDON.
THE TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Hon. the Commissioners of Sewers
of the City of London.
Gentlemen,
I have delayed my Annual Report until
now, in the hope that I should have been able to
submit to you a general summary of the progress of
sanitary affairs in the City during the last ten years
—that is, from the time that the Sewers' Act of
1848 invested you with authority over such matters,
within this City; but, although I have given great
attention to the subject, and have accumulated
much information respecting it, yet I have still to
examine the details of it, and afterwards to