The health officer's pocket-book : a guide to sanitary practice and law for medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors, members of sanitary authorities, etc. / by Edward F. Willoughby.
- Willoughby, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1839 or 1840-1906.
- Date:
- 1893
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The health officer's pocket-book : a guide to sanitary practice and law for medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors, members of sanitary authorities, etc. / by Edward F. Willoughby. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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