Punch,  14 (1848), 24.

Sanitary Victims

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Disease, Sanitation, Medical Practitioners, Government, Patronage


    Applauds the government's decision to give a pension to the widow of a Manchester surgeon, Mr Walker who was 'killed on duty by fever'. Thinks a pension should also be awarded to the children of Dr Lynch, who was 'slain by the dirty City of London'.



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