Reports relating to the sanitary condition of the city of LondonJ. W. Parker and son, 1854 - 312 pages |
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... remains for the thoughtful , the rich , and the benevolent , to try and do these needful things for the people . " * Let us , he urged , endeavour to meet this shameful reproach ; let us combine voluntary charitable assistance for extem ...
... remains for the thoughtful , the rich , and the benevolent , to try and do these needful things for the people . " * Let us , he urged , endeavour to meet this shameful reproach ; let us combine voluntary charitable assistance for extem ...
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... remains within places of fre- quent resort , and in the midst of populous habitations . It is a very serious matter for consideration , that close be- neath the feet of those who attend the services of their church , there often lies an ...
... remains within places of fre- quent resort , and in the midst of populous habitations . It is a very serious matter for consideration , that close be- neath the feet of those who attend the services of their church , there often lies an ...
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... remains of human corpses undergoing their last chemical changes in consecrated earth , the previous history of the decomposed material is of no moment whatever . The pathologist knows no difference of operation between one decaying ...
... remains of human corpses undergoing their last chemical changes in consecrated earth , the previous history of the decomposed material is of no moment whatever . The pathologist knows no difference of operation between one decaying ...
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... remains , however , greatly to be desired , in respect of certain specifiable houses inhabited by the poorer classes , that Local Boards of Health should have power to enforce improvements of ventilation . - J . S. , 1854 . palliative ...
... remains , however , greatly to be desired , in respect of certain specifiable houses inhabited by the poorer classes , that Local Boards of Health should have power to enforce improvements of ventilation . - J . S. , 1854 . palliative ...
Page 66
... remains very much to achieve . The complete enforce- ment of house - drainage , till every house washes itself into the sewer ; the more general distribution of water , till every individual within the City has an abundant supply within ...
... remains very much to achieve . The complete enforce- ment of house - drainage , till every house washes itself into the sewer ; the more general distribution of water , till every individual within the City has an abundant supply within ...
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Act of Parliament advantage adverted annual arise arrangements atmosphere Author average Bishopsgate Board of Health 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 prevailed principle probably proportion purposes putrefaction quarter end recognised referred regard regulations relating removal render Report require requisite respect river 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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