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12, Artillery Lane, E.,
6th November, 1875.
dear Sir,
In reply to your inquiry respecting the salubrity, or the contrary, of
Goulston Street, I beg to say, that, as acting Medical Officer to the Jewish Board of
Guardians, in conjunction with Dr. Dyte, during the last nine months, 1 have almost
daily noticed, and frequently reported the want of ventilation, drainage, and light, in
addition to overcrowding and filth, in the houses at the narrow (Whitechapel) end of
that street.
My duty being to visit cases too severe to call upon me, I have had constantly
under treatment a larger number of diseases of a low type, (viz. : enteric fever, tuberculosis,
marasmus, and scrofula in milder forms), and found them less amenable to
remedies or relief, than in any other street, court, lane, alley, place or buildings in the
district.
My daily register of visits since February last, justifies amply my opinion that the
re-building and widening of the narrow portion of that street is urgently needed.
I am, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
W. G. TILEY.
John Liddle, Esq.
Mr. Sequeika, the Medical Officer of the Union in charge of this part
of the District, says, that the cases of illness in the south end of Goulston
Street, are generally low fever and miningeal affections, dependent principally
on the vitiated air the inhabitants have to breathe.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
15, Great Alie Street. JOHN LIDDIE,