Copy 1, Volume 1

Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].

Edwin Chadwick

Date:: 1842-1843

Credit: Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$CONTENTS. ; bins \ re 5 ee GENERAL PREVALENCE OF EPIDEMIC, ENDEMIC, AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. Return of the number of deaths in 1838, in each county, from epidemic ende ni and other diseases, most ‘powerfully affected by the phys ta, GIGULIChe <7) uise at. oy er Extent of evils. which are the subject of i inquiry. «+ « I. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE RESIDENCES OF THE LAB URING CLASSES, WHERE DISEASE IS FOUND TO BE THE MOST PREVALENT— ti In Tiverton union, Cornwall . . . : eee ee anes In Truro; Comwally of 2 EY i : Bae} a6 In Cerne union, Dorset . . . « iy Wee ee aS In Axbridge union, Somerset. . . «© + meee es ae LO In Chippenham union, Wilts. . . «4 «+ cee or hae page Oe een In Bedford union, Bedférd |.) : :@Mee PO Ss S 1lh , In Woburn union, Bedford . . Pies re eee! LS In Am thill union, Bedford «0%. eee SPE ene VQ ed inion, Hie s S «12 r ‘Essex AY ci. ERG Mie se aS i Windsor, US 9 ob ne 13 In Epping union, ] Tess Te ee: 14 In West Ham union; SES 29 li eh daa s de ha Neg AC: Min Bramley uniony ent 2 2 2. Se ee ed en Bilston; Leicester SF SPs ew as cakes HO In Stafford (town of), Stafford Ree cites 7 » 16 In Macclesfield union, Chester . . . meh Pees hans a ig In Heaton Norris, Stockport union, Cheater : pean eet eons In West Derby union, Lancaster. - + + + ee ea a RO In Wigan union, Lancaster . «. . ce tte lie A TE Rit AR In Durham (city of), Durham . 2 «© + + © + © 2 © 20 In Barnard Castle, Durham . «© «© - «© « © © « hae ape 0) In Carlisle, Cumberland . . . yl ib vue palioak Sac ahaa Sie Aaaaiae Maar eae | In Gateshead, Durham — . rh Palak a! eat eee ek Condition of the Border peasantry aie Suita iran oS Ah ia ine In Lochmaben, Scotland . . . « = +» MGR Nediadir ah Wiad aa In Glasgow and Edinburgh MET ete ete Seg a ee a II, PUBLIC ARRANGEMENTS, EXTERNAL TO THE RESIDENCES, BY WHICH THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE LABOURING POPULATION IS AFFECTED— Drainage. Town drainage of streets and houses. Instances of the effects on the public health of the neglect of town drainage— At Derby ° e ° ° ° ° ° e e ee ° . «@ e ° . 6 At Stockport . «+ - + +s ° See sat. sen see, oO Comparative mortality in two similar towns, “one drained, the other undrained— At Beccles and Bungay, Suffolk. . . + + + 6 + + + « 28 State of town cleansing at Lecds « « © + © © © © * * 8 8 29 At Tamworth. . Be no eee eet «OO At Knutton gd ‘Ghatterton’ Stafford, &e. Eek A a a Aa OU FEY LAVCRDOOL Wretmi y sarah be Meh AMS 1S ie #2 8 30 PA NLOd cme ekirammre mise ye es ama ee 31 A@MRMBENAMI Waves Wee. #1 hep ew a ere ls 32$

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