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by W. Sedgwick (William Sedgwick) Saunders, City of London (England). Commissioners of Sewers. Sanitary Committee
Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United Kingdom: Charles Skipper & East (printers), 1876.
Credits
deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2022-03-15
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1824–1901
A 19th-century British physician and public health writer, remembered for practical reports on cholera, water quality, food safety, and city sanitation. His work offers a clear window into how Victorian London tried to tackle everyday health problems.
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