Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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from laying low the youth and strength of the
country. It is not for me to show you, but it is for
every one to calculate, the wealth of health, and the
enormous loss sustained by preventible disease and
death.
I have the honor to be,
Rev. Sir, My Lords, and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
EDWIN LANKESTER.