[Report 1879] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City & County.

Newcastle upon Tyne (England). City & County Council.

Date:: 1879

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Credit: [Report 1879] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. Gentlemen, I beg to lay before you, herewith, my Report on the Sanitary condition of the Borough during the year 1879. The FIRST Section (A) of the Report deals with Vital Statistics. The SECOND Section (B) contains a brief account of the more important matters on which advice has been given by the Medical Officer of Health, and the action taken thereon, including inter alia particulars of certain interesting outbreaks of Fever. The THIRD Section (C) consists of observations based on the pre¬ ceding. In addition to the usual Statistical Tables and Disease Charts, forms of notice for the information and guidance of the public in the prevention of infectious disease and the sanitary construction of houses, are given as Appendices to the Report. I have the honour to be. Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, HENRY E. ARMSTRONG, Medical Officer of Health. Trnvn Hall, Nervcastle-n2)Oii-Tync, Sth March, 1880.