Mr Neilson

Started as a public health inspector in 1934. Housing conditions in some areas of Gateshead terrible, big problems with damp and sewage. Bed bugs. Child with pneumonia. Poor drainage. Very detailed. Common lodging houses. Different types of property cause their own health problems, high rise flats cause different problems. Steep street, people put their clippy mats out on winter's day to stop funeral cortege slipping. Sewerage and ashpits. Flies and pigeons. Water supplies. Old people taken into care. The board of guardians and welfare department. Filthy river Tyne. Rats. Cases of diphtheria. Got an inflammatory skin condition.

Location: Gateshead
County: Tyne and Wear
AUD1990-14

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