Main entry:

Chadwick, Edwin, 1800-1890.

Title & Author:

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 / [by Edwin Chadwick].

Publication:

London : W. Clowes and Sons, 1842.

Description:

xxx, 457 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (2 folded), plans ; 22 cm

Notes:
"Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty, July, 1842."
A Linear representation of the number of deaths in the Metropolis, from epidemic, endemic and contagious disease; diseases of the brain, nerves & senses; diseases of respitatory organs and diseases of the heart & blood vessels; also the number of deaths from small pox, scarlet fever, measles, typhus fever, hooping cough, and all other epidemic diseases during each four weeks of the two years, ended 1st January, 1842 (population of 1841 1,870272) [graph]

Summary:

This report includes a careful analysis of causes of death in 1838 and 1839 and gives a clear description of insanitary conditions in England and Wales. Due to this and an earlier 1833 report, the foundations of later systems of government inspection were laid, a Public Health Act was passed in 1848, and a General Board of Health was established. Includes maps illustrating public health issues such as deaths, contagious or epidemic diseases, housing conditions, etc.

Subject:

Working class Great Britain.
Working class Dwellings.
Sanitation Great Britain.
Sanitation.
Health Surveys
Travailleurs Habitations.
Salubrité publique Grande-Bretagne.
Salubrité publique.
tenement houses.
Working class
United Kingdom
Great Britain

Form/genre:

Classical Works.
Government Publications, Federal.
Rare Materials, 1800s.
Floor Plans.
Fulltext.
Internet Resources.
Maps.
Plans.

Added entries:

Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 182182
Call No.: RA485.A5 (ID:85-B19510)
Status: Available