Reports on the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Scotland : in consequence of an inquiry directed to be made by the Poor Law Commission.

  • Great Britain. Poor Law Commission.
Date:
1842
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Credit: Reports on the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Scotland : in consequence of an inquiry directed to be made by the Poor Law Commission. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    CONTENTS. LOCAL REPORTS:—SCOTLAND. Page 1. Report on the Fevers which have prevailed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, by Dk. Neii, Arnott ......... pi ij^l. Observations on the Generation of Fever, by Dr. W. P. Alison . .13 .J.,3. Remarks on Dk. W. P. Alison's Observations on the Generation of Fever, by Dr. Neil Arnott ....... 34 4. Report on the State of the Law as regards the Abatement of Nuisances and the Protection of the Public Health in Scotland, with Suggestions for Amendment, by John Hill Burton, Esq., ^rfuoca/e . . . . |40] 5. Report, containing a Summary of the Material Legal Provisions relating to the Removal of Nuisances in Glasgow, with Suggestions fur Additional Legal Provisions requisite for the Sanitary Regulation of that city, bv Charles R. Baird, Esq. ........ Report on the Sanitary Condition and General Economy of the Labouring Population in the town of Tranent and neighbouring district, in Had- dingtonshire, by Dr. S. Scott Alison ...... 78 7. Report on the Sanitary Condition and General Economy of the Labouring s/^ Classes in the town of Musselburgh, in the county of Mid-Lothian and vicinity, by William Stevenson, Esq., Si//'^eow . . , . 13p 8. Report on the Sanitary State of the Residences of the Poorer Classes in the Old Town of Edinburgh, by William Chambers, Esq. . . . 155 9. Report on the General and Sanitary Condiiion of the Working Classes in the city of Glasgow, by Charles R. Baird, Esq. .... ^59) ^^10. Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Classes in the town of Dumfries, by Dr. R. D. M'Lellan. ...... 204 ^1. Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Classes in the town of ^ Ayr, by Dr. James Sym ........ 214 y 12. Report on the Sanitary Condition and General Economy of the Working Classes in the town and neighbourhood of Lanark, by John Gibson, Esq., Surgeon .......... 239 13. Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Workins: Classes in the town of Greenock, by Dr. Laurie . . . . . . . .247 14. Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Classes in the town of Stilling, by W. H. Forrest, Esq., SMr^eryn ..... 2C1 y