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Bethnal Green 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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THIS REPORT
on the
SANITARY HISTORY OF BETIINAL GREEN
DURING. 1857,
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
by the
OFFICER OF HEALTH
TO THE GREAT PIONEER OF HYGIENIC REFORM
DR. THOMAS S0UTHW00D SMITH,
BY WHOSE AID THE AUTHOR
WAS RESCUED FROM TETANIC CONVULSIONS,*
AND RESTORED TO HEALTH.
* Strychnine prescribed by a medical friend was the cause, and Camphor the
antidotal means.