London as it is : being a series of observations on the health, habits, and amusements of the people / by John Hogg.

  • Hogg, John, M.D.
Date:
1837
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: London as it is : being a series of observations on the health, habits, and amusements of the people / by John Hogg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    apathy of the Government, the public may be congratulated that, though the cause of their intellectual and physical improve- ment does not progress with the rapidity of a steam-engine on a rail-road, yet it advances steadily and surely, under more favourable auspices than have shone forth in almost any preceding age. The first chapters of the following treatise contain much statistic information ; and, if the reader find his path tedious through this matter-of-fact portion of it, he will per- ceive the prospect expand as he progresses, for he will meet with moi’e speculative, and, it is hoped, more interesting matter, as he advances in his journey. J. H. 4, Gcorge-street, Euston-square, June 24, 1837.