Reports relating to the sanitary condition of the city of LondonJ. W. Parker and son, 1854 - 312 pages |
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... locality to which it refers . Pro- bably no one argues that human life , in those healthier districts , is prolonged beyond enviable limits . Surely , on the contrary , every one who can measure the large amount of misery and ...
... locality to which it refers . Pro- bably no one argues that human life , in those healthier districts , is prolonged beyond enviable limits . Surely , on the contrary , every one who can measure the large amount of misery and ...
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... localities , where - whatever the relative badness of the places , the scale of comparison would be essentially vicious , and the results of comparison worthless . It is my object to test the salubrity of the City by comparison with a ...
... localities , where - whatever the relative badness of the places , the scale of comparison would be essentially vicious , and the results of comparison worthless . It is my object to test the salubrity of the City by comparison with a ...
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... localities previously and otherwise hostile to life ; so that , while all regions of the globe in succession are shadowed by its dark transit , the healthiest districts of each region remain utterly un- harmed in presence of the ...
... localities previously and otherwise hostile to life ; so that , while all regions of the globe in succession are shadowed by its dark transit , the healthiest districts of each region remain utterly un- harmed in presence of the ...
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... localities of the City you would probably find an approxi- mation to the average mortality of suburban districts ; while in other spots , if they were isolated for your contemplation , you would see houses , courts , and streets where ...
... localities of the City you would probably find an approxi- mation to the average mortality of suburban districts ; while in other spots , if they were isolated for your contemplation , you would see houses , courts , and streets where ...
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... how incompatible with each other are the Dead and the Living as tenants of one locality . * See Special Report on Extramural Interment , page 285 . HOUSES PERMANENTLY UNFIT FOR HABITATION . V. Under the last D 2 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT . 35.
... how incompatible with each other are the Dead and the Living as tenants of one locality . * See Special Report on Extramural Interment , page 285 . HOUSES PERMANENTLY UNFIT FOR HABITATION . V. Under the last D 2 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT . 35.
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