A Collection of Papers Author:John Clark Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ERRATA. Preface, Page 14, line 6, read see page 228. , 43, line 23, for objc£t, read objects. — 54, last line, for page z, read page 45. . 76, first li... more »ne, for Falconar, read Falconer — 101, line 22,/or part, a/fa5b. — 123, last line,/cr page 18, ra,/page IJ. PROCEEDINGS FOR PROMOTING AN INSTITUTION FOR THE CURE AND PREVENTION CONTAGIOUS FEVERS i NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD. chapter{Section 4PROCEEDINGS, MONTHLY COMMITTEE, Diipemaryi January i-ltb, l8oz. J.T appearing to this Committee, from the records of the Dispensary, that infectious fevers have constantly existed in. some of the habitations of the poor, in Newcastle and Gates- head; thai, in particular districts, they have often contraft- ed a high degree of malignity; that they have been particularly prevalent during the whole of last year; that an infectious fever still subsists in many of the habitations of the poor, vkited by the medical officers; and that the funds of this charity are perfectly inadequate to carry into execution. effectual measures for eradicating the contagion, Resolved; THAT this Committee inquire into the causes which pro-- duce, preserve,. and propagate the contagion of fever, in Newcastle and Oateshead; that they digest a plan to eradicate the contagion, and to prevent, as far as possible, its generation and progress in future; and that they point out the most likely means of raising a fund to carry the plan into ex- edition. chapter{Section 5I. AN INQUIRT INTO THE CAUSES WHICH PRODUCE, FXtSIRVE, AND PROPAGATE INFECTIOUS FEVERS, IN NEWCASTLE AND 6ATESUEAD. X HE habitations of the poor, where fevers prevail, are low, dirty, and ill aired, being chiefly situated in narrow lanes and courts) such as those of Pandon, on the %nay, in the Castle- Garth,...« less