A Special Mortality among Infants at Loughton, in the Epping Rural Sanitary District

A Special Mortality among Infants at Loughton, in the Epping Rural Sanitary DistrictOn the 22nd March 1878,...
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A Special Mortality among Infants at Loughton, in the Epping Rural Sanitary District

A Special Mortality among Infants at Loughton, in the Epping Rural Sanitary District

€6,27

A Special Mortality among Infants at Loughton, in the Epping Rural Sanitary District

€6,27
Author: Power, William Henry
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Special Mortality among Infants at Loughton, in the Epping Rural Sanitary District

On the 22nd March 1878, complaint was made by Mr. Octavius Deacon, of Goldings Hill, Loughton, to Mr. Secretary Cross, that a serious attack by skin disease of his own infant had resulted from the use for nursery purposes of violet powder, which on analysis by Mr. G. Jones, F.C.S., had been found to contain in large proportion white arsenic; and further, Mr. Deacon stated his belief that a large and fatal prevalence of skin disease among infants in Loughton had been due to the use in a similar way of violet powder of a like sort. This representation was referred by Mr. Cross to the Local Government Board. On 25th March the Board received a communication from the clerk to the Epping Rural Sanitary Authority enclosing a statement by the Medical Officer of Health to the effect that a special mortality among infants in his district, already reported by him, had, he has now reason to believe, resulted from the use of violet powder impregnated with arsenic. Hereupon the present inquiry was ordered. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 53863
Author: Power, William Henry
Release Date: Jan 1, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

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