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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Martin-in-the-Fields 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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the house, it is nobody's place to rectify the evil, and
if you ask any of the inmates to remedy anything
that is wrong, they will tell you it is no business
of theirs, and sometimes they are too idle to acquaint
the owner of anything that may be out of order
in their houses.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN J. SKEGG.
7th October, 1875.