Report on the sanitary condition of Southend-on Sea / by Shirley F. Murphy.
- Murphy, Shirley F. (Shirley Forster), Sir, 1848-1923.
- Date:
- 1888
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the sanitary condition of Southend-on Sea / by Shirley F. Murphy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![London districts, and who has since been employed as a Medical Inspector by the Local Government Board and as a Commissioner by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Mr. Murphy’s instructions from the Board were “to “ thoroughly and minutely investigate and report on the “ sanitary condition of their district, especially in the direc- 64 tions indicated by the charges [of Dr. Gregg], and in doing “ so not to hesitate for a moment in pointing out any oiroum- “ stances from which in your opinion neglect by this Board “ or any of its officers may be inferred.” Every officer of the Board was enjoined to give him every information and assistance he might require, and he was invited, if in collecting information he should meet with any obstacles or reticence, to make any such remarks thereon as he might think proper. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to add that even apart from these instructions Mr. Murphy’s qualifications already alluded to preclude all doubts as as to his thorough ability and strict impartiality, and the Board hope that his report will absolutely set at rest any suspicions of unhealthiness which Dr. Gregg’s charges may have raised. WILLIAM GREGSON, Clerk to the Board. Southend, Is* May, 1888. -*•-' ■](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30469788_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
