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Edinburgh (Scotland) - History

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    A brief narrative of the commencement and progress of the fetid irrigations and foul water pits around the city of Edinburgh : with proofs of their operation in creating nuisance, and in producing disease.

    Ellis Daniel. | Date: 1840
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    The facts bearing on the claim of the poor to 1. The Poorhouse grounds and buildings; 2. Paul's work mortification; and 3. Trinity Hospital : and dissent from the report of the Law Committee of the Council refusing the poor's claims / by Councillor Curror.

    Edinburgh (Scotland). Parochial Board. | Date: 1862
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    Blackfriars' Wynd analyzed / by George Bell.

    Bell George, 1813-1889. | Date: 1850
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    Report of law committee under remit of the Parochial Board of the city parish of Edinburgh anent the Board's right to poorhouse grounds, and to other grants and mortifications for the use of the poor.

    | Date: 1861
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    Report on the condition of the poorer classes of Edinburgh and of their dwellings, neighbourhoods, and families : prepared by order of a public meeting of the inhabitants, held in the Council Chamber, under the presidency of The Right Honourable the Lord Provost, on the 15th April 1867, and adopted and ordered to be published, at a meeting held on the 28th of February 1868.

    | Date: 1868
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