Joseph Rogers, M.D : reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer.

  • Rogers, Joseph, 1820-1889.
Date:
MDCCCLXXXIX [1889]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Joseph Rogers, M.D : reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    felt that his reign was over, but he did not think, even then, that his defeat could have been so complete and overwhelming, for not only was he left in an absurd minority, but his twelve followers were left also. Subjoined is a copy of the address sent to the ratepayers of both parishes. “Election of Guardians. “ To the Ratepayers of the Parish of St. James, Piccadilly, and St. Anne, Soho. “My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—Having been nominated to be Guardians to represent St. James’s Parish as well as that of St. Anne’s, Soho, at the Westminster Union, by many of the nobility, clergy, gentry, and leading tradesmen and large rate- payers of both parishes, we confidently solicit your votes and support at the approaching election. “We wish it to be understood that, in offering ourselves as candidates, we are actuated by no per- sonal motives or considerations whatever, but solely by a desire to secure the faithful, humane, and economical administration of the laws relating to the relief of the poor in the Westminster Union. “ Public attention has, during the past year, been frequently drawn to serious complaints respecting the