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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
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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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    Comparison of a young population under favourable and a mature popula- tion under unfavourable circumstances. 4 .« - «¢ « + Effects of noxious physical agencies on the moral and intellectual con- dition of the working classes + «+ + e e 2 Cost of disease as compared with cost of prevention, instances of in Glas- VI. Evipence OF THE EFFECTS OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN RAISING THE STANDARD OF HEALTH AND THE CHANCES OF LIFE ~~ Comparison of the experience of sickness athongst different classes of people e “ e e e . e e e) ° ° os Amount of sickness experienced by the labouring classes. Defects of Insurance tables. « + + + * + 5 wy. Effects of sanitary measures in the prevention of disease in the army and — navy ® e e e e e e e e ® e e ° oe § ® e * ° ry Cost to tenants and owners of the public measures for dra the supplies of water, as compared with the cost of sickness :— Cost of measures of prevention as compared Wi mortality e e e ® ° ° ° ° e 4 ° e ° ® e s e e Ppp Means of payment for improved accommodation. + s «© «© « « « 227 Impolicy of exemptions of tenements from proper Charges . » & «© «© 229 Injurious effects of exemptions of labourers’ tenements» + + + + =» 230 Dvir 231 Inability of workmen to improve their wn condition + «+ . ° Necessity,of ext in provement of the condition of the sic aid for the im Ag 4 «ne, e e eo i Employers’ influence on ihe health of workpeople, by means of improved habi- _ tations :— : | 4% ‘Advantages to labourers of holding tenements in connexion with their em- ployments. - * * s s e,¢ 8 . Instance of a superior moral and sanitary condition enjoyed by workers in Memento tactoty oe ees = ys gh wake A At Elevation of a manufacturing population by improvements in the condition Mere Yoon awelligs. 6 os ee ee Pg eae : Most advantageous construction of manufactories for the health of the workpeople ° « 'e eis Cee) * ° 2 ° * ° tual] sig ce The employers’ influence on the health of workpeople— By modes of payment which do not lead to temptations to intem- perance ° ° ° ° ° e @ ® Ld ® e ® e e By the ventilation of the places of work and the prevention of noxious fumes, dust, &e.. ° e ° ° e e e ‘ ® * ‘ 6 ® Py Employers’ or owners’ influence in the improvement of habitations and sanitary arrangements for the protection of the labouring classes in the _ rural districts ° ° ® oe ° 3 e ° ° ® e ° ° 6 ° e Instances of, in the Bedford Union, 262; Stafford Union, 263; in Norfolk and Suffolk, 264; at Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, 266; at the Earl of ~ Rosebery’s estate, Scotland, 266; at Closeburn, Dumfries, 266 ; ‘Turton Instances of the influence of the materials used in building upon the health Instances of efficient improvements in the detail of labourers’ dwellings in Re a eck oy SRB WD ag a tile tegen Te Improvements proposed for the construction of the dwellings of the lower gitecos lie tavrtnenn Le bled Ve is hee a Effects of public walks and gardens on the health and morals of the lower classes of the population» # + s+ + * + % * e 8 See: w “a J
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