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REPORTS RELATING TO THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY OF LONDON.
BY
JOHN SIMON, F.R.S. SURGEON TO ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL, AND OFFICER OF HEALTH TO THE CITY.
LONDON: JOHN W. PARKER AND SON, WEST STRAND. MDCCCLIV.
LONDON: SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
TO LOUIS MICHAEL SIMON,
OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE, LONDON, AND OF THE PARAGON, BLACKHEATH,
I DEDICATE THIS REPRINT OF MY REPORTS: LOOKING LESS TO WHAT LITTLE INTRINSIC MERIT THEY MAY HAVE, THAN TO THE YEARS OF ANXIOUS LABOUR THEY REPRESENT: DEEMING IT FIT TO ASSOCIATE MY FATHER’S NAME WITH A RECORD OF ENDEAVOURS TO DO MY DUTY: BECAUSE IN THIS HE HAS BEEN MY BEST EXAMPLE;
AND
BECAUSE I COUNT IT THE HAPPIEST INFLUENCE IN MY LOT, THAT, BOUND TO HIM BY EVERY TIE OF GRATEFUL AFFECTION, I HAVE LIKEWISE BEEN ABLE, FROM MY EARLIEST CHILDHOOD TILL NOW—THE EVENING OF HIS LIFE, TO REGARD HIM WITH UNQUALIFIED AND INCREASING RESPECT.