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Letters Received, 1843-1899 [Municipal Council of Sydney]

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National Art School (NAS), Darlinghurst

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Memorandum - Quarterly report of the City Health Officer for the period ending 28th July 1863

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Unique IDA-00285354SeriesLetters Received, 1843-1899 [Municipal Council of Sydney]Date9th March 1863Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionMemo. Quarterly report of the City Health Officer for the period ending 28th July 1863. Includes table showing mortality and its causes in each ward of the city; anxiety over prevalence of typhoid in Darlinghurst Gaol; comments that public health will always be endangered until proper and efficient sewers are constructed; that "Gaol Fever" may originate in all ill-drained and overcrowded localities; suggests that public conveniences should not be used to transport the inmates removed from the gaol as the fever is contagious; notes that the same type of fever exists in West India Islands, east coast America, Batavia and East Indies where it is called Jungle Fever.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYes

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Volume number61

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Memorandum - Quarterly report of the City Health Officer for the period ending 28th July 1863

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