Punch,  18 (1850), 179.

The Representation as It Might be

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Disease, Government, Politics, Sanitation, Public Health, Commerce


    Imagines the existence of 'the Member for Health' who seeks to remove Smithfield Market, and 'the Member for Filth' who would 'defend vested interests through thick and thin' and who would be supported by 'the Member for Pestilence'.



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