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Folios 34-36. To: The General Board of Health. From: E Cumming, 27 Westbourne Park...

Catalogue reference: MH 13/263/11

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This record is about the Folios 34-36. To: The General Board of Health. From: E Cumming, 27 Westbourne Park... dating from 1854 Sept 2 in the series General Board of Health and Home Office, Local Government Act Office: Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MH 13/263/11
Date
1854 Sept 2
Description

Folios 34-36.

To: The General Board of Health.

From: E Cumming, 27 Westbourne Park Road, Paddington Middlesex.

Subject Matter: Letter complaining of noxious fumes from a nuisance arising from the burning of vast piles of earth and coal. Cummings states that there has been sickness in his family and he adds that he has twice complained to the Board of Guardians but nothing has been done and therefore now asks the Board for their intervention in this matter.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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