Reports relating to the sanitary condition of the city of LondonJ. W. Parker and son, 1854 - 312 pages |
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... reason above given , that a professional diploma is the only criterion by which the public can measure professional competence ; and for the validity of such a criterion , it therefore , I think , becomes the duty of a government , on ...
... reason above given , that a professional diploma is the only criterion by which the public can measure professional competence ; and for the validity of such a criterion , it therefore , I think , becomes the duty of a government , on ...
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... reason to be grateful for information in- variably given with that frank kindness which be- Health ; first , as being elected representative bodies , already in- vested with certain authority of the kind - as , for instance , under the ...
... reason to be grateful for information in- variably given with that frank kindness which be- Health ; first , as being elected representative bodies , already in- vested with certain authority of the kind - as , for instance , under the ...
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... reason why , within a year from the present time , the number of cesspools and of undrained houses within the City of London should not be reduced to a very small proportion . Everything , however , in this respect will depend on the ...
... reason why , within a year from the present time , the number of cesspools and of undrained houses within the City of London should not be reduced to a very small proportion . Everything , however , in this respect will depend on the ...
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... reason of the large bank- side population , subjects of the City , who now , instead of deriving advantage from their nearness to the stream , are constantly disgusted and injured by its misuse . While the consideration of this most ...
... reason of the large bank- side population , subjects of the City , who now , instead of deriving advantage from their nearness to the stream , are constantly disgusted and injured by its misuse . While the consideration of this most ...
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... reason- able requirements of the population . Now , if my statements are accurate with regard to the imperfect manner in which thousands participate in the dis- tribution of water , even for their personal necessities ; if my statements ...
... reason- able requirements of the population . Now , if my statements are accurate with regard to the imperfect manner in which thousands participate in the dis- tribution of water , even for their personal necessities ; if my statements ...
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Act of Parliament advantage adverted annual arise arrangements atmosphere Author average Bishopsgate Board of Health Botolph burial carbonate causes Cemetery cesspools Cheaper Edition chemical Cholera circumstances City of London classes clause cleanliness consideration Court Cripplegate dead death-rate deaths decomposition diarrhoea disease distribution district doubt drainage duty dwellings effect endeavoured endemic enumerated epidemic erysipelas established evils exist extramural fever gentlemen ground habits hard water Haslemere house-drainage houses important infection influence injurious inmates instances interment J. W. DONALDSON jurisdiction labour likewise lodging-house London Company ment metropolis metropolitan mortality nuisance Nuisances Removal observe occasion Octavo offensive organisation period persons pestilence poison poor poorer population practical present principle probably proportion purposes putrefaction quarter end recognised referred regard regulations relating removal render Report require requisite respect river Saint Botolph sanitary condition sanitary improvement Second Edition soakage soil sub-district supply of water tion typhus ventilation water-supply WEST LONDON UNION
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