Descriptive Essays, Band 2J. Murray, 1857 |
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... observed that the inhabitants of a particular house have continued for years to be constantly afflicted with the very languor and fever described by every African traveller , which at last has been ascertained to have been caused by the ...
... observed that the inhabitants of a particular house have continued for years to be constantly afflicted with the very languor and fever described by every African traveller , which at last has been ascertained to have been caused by the ...
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... observed that sixty- three cases of fever had occurred in one year in Union- court , containing twelve houses , he visited it , and found the whole court inundated with fluid filth which had oozed through the walls from two adjacent ...
... observed that sixty- three cases of fever had occurred in one year in Union- court , containing twelve houses , he visited it , and found the whole court inundated with fluid filth which had oozed through the walls from two adjacent ...
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... observed that there are eight thousand of these in- habited cellars in Liverpool , containing from thirty- five thousand to forty thousand inmates ; and that of two thousand three hundred and ninety - eight courts , which were examined ...
... observed that there are eight thousand of these in- habited cellars in Liverpool , containing from thirty- five thousand to forty thousand inmates ; and that of two thousand three hundred and ninety - eight courts , which were examined ...
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... observed that , when the supplies of water into houses of the middle class are cut off by the pipes being frozen , and it is necessary to send to a distance , the house- cleansings and washings are diminished ; and every presump- tion ...
... observed that , when the supplies of water into houses of the middle class are cut off by the pipes being frozen , and it is necessary to send to a distance , the house- cleansings and washings are diminished ; and every presump- tion ...
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... observed to the Rev. Whitwell Elwin , " It's as valuable as strong beer ! " At Paris , the usual cost of the filtered water which is carried into the houses , is two sous per pailfull , being at the rate of nine shillings per ton ...
... observed to the Rev. Whitwell Elwin , " It's as valuable as strong beer ! " At Paris , the usual cost of the filtered water which is carried into the houses , is two sous per pailfull , being at the rate of nine shillings per ton ...
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Seite 55 - ... are, to say the least, as much within the proper jurisdiction of parliament as the most humane mode of sweeping chimneys, or the proper thickness of partywalls. The health of the nation being nearly synonymous with its wealth, it is evident that the labouring power of the British people is a machine which it is the duty as well as the interest of the State to protect.