Report on the late outbreak of enteric fever in Archdeacon Johnson's School, Uppingham, Rutland, June- November, 1875.
- Haviland, Alfred, -1903.
- Date:
- 1876
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the late outbreak of enteric fever in Archdeacon Johnson's School, Uppingham, Rutland, June- November, 1875. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![Rural Sanitary Authority, Uppingham District, Uppingham, 15 th January, 1876. Dear Sir, I laid before our Committee at their Meeting this morning your Letter of the 13th instant, stating that “ in reply to the request contained in my previous Letter for the facts on which the Memorial was founded, you begged to say when an investigation takes place into Mr. Haviland’s conduct, evidence and witnesses will be ready and at the service of the Rural Sanitary Authority as soon as they are required for the purpose.” I am directed to state in reply that the Committee do not consider it any answer to their request for a statement of such facts; and I have again to ask to be furnished with them. I am also directed to ask to what you allude respecting an investigation before the Rural Sanitary Authority into Mr. Haviland’s conduct, when evidence and witnesses will be ready as required for such purpose; the Authority being entirely ignorant as to any such investigation. Yours faithfully, Mr. John Hawthorn, Uppingham. (Signed) WILLIAM H. BROWN, Clerk. Rural Sanitary Authority, Uppingham District, Uppingham, 26th January, 1876. Dear Sir, I am directed by the Committee to forward you Copy Minute made by them at their Meeting to-day. The Minute has reference to the Memorial signed by townsmen of Uppingham. I also send a Copy to the Local Government Board. A. Haviland, Esq., Medical Officer of Health, Northampton. I am, Dear Sir, Yours truly, (Signed) WILLIAM H. BROWN, Clerk. \_Copy Minute, 2Qth January, 1876.] “ The Committee beg to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Hawthorn’s Letter dated the 20th inst., which they do not consider a satisfactory reply to their Communication, they having asked for a statement of the facts on which the Memorial was grounded.” “ In the opinion of this Committee Mr. Haviland, as a Medical Officer of Health, has merely done his duty in investigating the cause of the late Outbreak of Typhoid Fever in Uppingham ; and, having perfect confidence in his integrity and ability, they are prepared to sustain him in his course of action.” Printed by Samuel Golbourn, 76, Princes Street, Coventry Street, London. W.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24907807_0055.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
