London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

City of London 1848

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1848-9

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THE
SANITARY CONDITION
of the
CITY OF LONDON.
CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.
Mr. SIMON'S ANNUAL REPORT..
To the Hon. the Commissioners of Sewers of
the City of London.
Lancaster Place, Nov. 6, 1849.
Gentlemen,
During the 52 weeks dating from October 1st,
1848, to September 29th, 1849, there died of the
population of the City of London 3,799 persons.
The rate of mortality, estimated from these
data for a population of 125,500, would be some.
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