[13.] See Report of Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles’.
[14.] Report of General Board of Health, 1850.
[15.] Report of Select Committee of the House of Commons, P.P. 1838, vol. xxviii.
[16.] 38 George III. cap. 40.
[17.] An opening only a foot square cost an additional 8s. 3d. tax per annum.
[18.] 1843, Commissioners on State of Towns. Evidence of W. E. Hickson, p. 436.
[19.] Select Committee, 1840. Evidence of J. Pennethorne, p. 166.
[20.] P.P. 1854, vol. xlv. p. 2. In part of the parish of St. Marylebone only there were 1,132 underground or cellar dwellings.
[21.] See Hansard, vol. cxv. 1851 (Lord Ashley’s speech).
[22.] P.P. 1850, vol. xxi. p. 179 (Dr. Grainger).