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ments. I trust that no delay will be permitted in carrying out this most desirable
object. If the site were devoted to the erection of a model lodging-house, or baths
and washhouses, the project of the Commissioners would be twice blessed.
The state of Bowl Court is, in many respects, similar. This is one of the most
prolific nurseries of fever in the Parish, supplying a constant succession of cases to
the Workhouse. The district abounds in courts, rows, and nests of houses, little, if at
all, less unhealthy than the above. The condition of some of these I have brought
under the notice of your Sanitary Committee; others are daily coming under inspection.
I trust that before the period of my next Quarterly Report, many of these will
have undergone material improvement.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your faithful servant,
ROBERT BARNES, M.D.
13, Devonshire Square,
7th July, 1856.
andrew t. roberts, printer, opposite siioreditch church.