| Repository | Archives |
| Reference Number | L/PBW/A/9/1 |
| Alternative Reference Number | TH/8311 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Typescript (with some manuscript pages and tables) report on the "Mud Area" of the Isle of Dogs, by A. C. Houston, for the "Public Health Committee of the Board of Works for Poplar and Bromley Division". |
| Date(s) | February 1898 |
| Description | Consisting of 49 pages describing the "mud area" (i.e. the Mudchute) on the Isle of Dogs, following an inspection on 7 February 1898; includes results of a chemical and bacteriological examination of soil samples and a section on the possible relation of the mud area to disease on the Isle of Dogs. Addendum B gives details of 140 cases of Diptheria on the Island between February 1897 and February 1898, with addresses, ages and schools of sufferers and names of milk suppliers. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Category | Correspondence |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access Status | Open |
| Request | YES - You can order this material to consult in our Reading Room. |