Local Reports on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of England

The first edition of this very scarce volume exploring the sanitation of England, in particular of the labouring classes, with illustrations. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. A very scarce series of twenty-six reports on the sanitary condition of the working class population in England. The reports provide an insight into the poor sanitation of the labouring population in the early Victorian era, before a period of much reform and improvement.With chapters on all counties and various cities.Illustrated with ten plates. Collated, complete.Contributions by W. J. Gilbert, Sir Edmund Head, Edward Twisleton, Dr. William Baker, J. P. Kennedy, and more. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart with marginal fading of cloth to boards. The odd mark to the boards. Light shelf wear to the extremities. With bumping to spine head and tail. Fading to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with spotting to first and last few leaves. Good.