Title
Report of a General plan for the Promotion of Public and Personal Health, Devised, Prepared and Recommended by the Commissioners appointed under a Resolve of the Legislature of MA,
Subtitle
Relating to a Sanitary Survey of the State, Presented April 25, 1850
This is a rebound copy of the report of the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts for the year 1850. Page 437 features a Sanitary Survey of Lawrence which includes information on its founding and industry, geographic make-up and character, detailed information about the boarding houses and what it's like to live in one, information on the schools, and recommendations for good public health as the town grows. Diagrams?Plans of the Essex Company Machine Shop and Foundry, Atlantic Cotton Mills, and the Bay State Mills and Boarding Houses are featured.
Publisher
Dutton & Wentworth: Boston
Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Rights
This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.