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The inspector had the power, if he believed it was necessary, to authorise the town to constitute a Local Board of Health to carry out the duties laid out in the act.</p> <p class="bodytext">The resulting <a href="http://www.opac.newport.gov.uk/opac/title2.html">Clarke Report</a> was a graphic description of the atrocious conditions many of Newport's population lived in and acted as an impetus for reform. In May 1850 following the inevitable recommendation by Clarke the Newport Local Board of Health was formed and began its work to improve public health in the Borough.</p> <p class="bodytext">The reports of the Officer of Health are important evidence on the lives of the people of Newport in the mid Nineteenth Century. Although the prevalence of disease is shocking, what the reports make clear is that even the basic powers available to the Local Board of Health made a dramatic improvement in the living conditions and health of Newport's inhabitants.</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="50%"> <p class="bodytext">First Report. <a href="./ebook6/Page1.html" target="_blank"><img onmouseover="src='./ebook/images/endArrow2.gif';; return true" onmouseout="src='./ebook/images/endArrow.gif';; return true" start="mouseover" alt="launch title" src="./ebook/images/endArrow.gif" border="0" /></a>&nbsp<a class="bodytextlink" href="./ebook6/Page1.html" target="_blank">Launch title</a></p> <br /> </td> <td width="50%"> <p class="bodytext">Second Report. <a href="./ebook6/Page4.html" target="_blank"><img onmouseover="src='./ebook/images/endArrow2.gif';; return true" onmouseout="src='./ebook/images/endArrow.gif';; return true" start="mouseover" alt="launch title" src="./ebook/images/endArrow.gif" border="0" /></a>&nbsp<a class="bodytextlink" href="./ebook6/Page4.html" target="_blank">Launch title</a></p> </br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%"> <p class="bodytext">Third Report. <a href="./ebook6/Page7.html" target="_blank"><img onmouseover="src='./ebook/images/endArrow2.gif';; return true" onmouseout="src='./ebook/images/endArrow.gif';; return true" start="mouseover" alt="launch title" src="./ebook/images/endArrow.gif" border="0" /></a>&nbsp<a class="bodytextlink" href="./ebook6/Page7.html" target="_blank">Launch title</a></p> <br /> </td> <td width="50%"> <p class="bodytext">Fourth Report. <a href="./ebook6/Page10.html" target="_blank"><img onmouseover="src='./ebook/images/endArrow2.gif';; return true" onmouseout="src='./ebook/images/endArrow.gif';; return true" start="mouseover" alt="launch title" src="./ebook/images/endArrow.gif" border="0" /></a>&nbsp<a class="bodytextlink" href="./ebook6/Page10.html" target="_blank">Launch title</a></p> <br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%"> <p class="bodytext">Fifth Report. <a href="./ebook6/Page13.html" target="_blank"><img onmouseover="src='./ebook/images/endArrow2.gif';; return true" onmouseout="src='./ebook/images/endArrow.gif';; return true" start="mouseover" alt="launch title" src="./ebook/images/endArrow.gif" border="0" /></a>&nbsp<a class="bodytextlink" href="./ebook6/Page13.html" target="_blank">Launch title</a></p> <br /> </td> <td width="50%"> <p class="bodytext">Sixth Report. <a href="./ebook6/Page16.html" target="_blank"><img onmouseover="src='./ebook/images/endArrow2.gif';; return true" onmouseout="src='./ebook/images/endArrow.gif';; return true" start="mouseover" alt="launch title" src="./ebook/images/endArrow.gif" border="0" /></a>&nbsp<a class="bodytextlink" href="./ebook6/Page16.html" target="_blank">Launch title</a></p> <br /> </td> </tr> </table> <p /> </div > <!-- grey footer --> <div id="ftrup"> <div class="footertext"> |Telephone: (01633) 656656 | Minicom: (01633) 656657 | Email: <a href="mailto:central.library@newport.gov.uk" class="footeremail">central.library@newport.gov.uk</a>| </div> </div> <!-- green footer --> <div id="ftrlo"></div> <div class="navbody"></div> <!-- disclaimer footer --> <!-- <div id="ftr_disclaimer"> <p class="disclaimer">This page conforms to the following technology and accessibility standards: <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer"><img src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-xhtml10" alt="Valid XHTML 1.0!" height="31" width="88" border="0" /></a> <img src="./images/white_spacer.gif" alt="spacer image (formatting)" /><a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/"><img style="border:0;width:88px;height:31px" src="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/images/vcss" alt="Valid CSS!" /></a> <img src="./images/white_spacer.gif" alt="spacer image (formatting)" /><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG1AAA-Conformance" title="Explanation of Level Triple-A Conformance"><img src="http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag1AAA" alt="Level Triple-A conformance icon, W3C-WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0" height="32" width="88" border="0" /></a> <img src="./images/white_spacer.gif" alt="spacer image (formatting)" /><a href="http://bobby.watchfire.com/" title="Bobby's Home Page"><img src="http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/images/approved_aaa.gif" alt="Bobby WorldWide Approved AAA" width="88" height="31" border="0" /></a> <br /> We are fully committed to the continual improvement of accessibility to the LION service. <a href="./accessibilityinfo.html" title="Read about the accessibility features of LION" class="footerlink">Accessibility information</a>. <a href="./browserinfo.html" title="Read about the accessibility features of LION" class="footerlink">Browser compatibility information</a>. <br />All images are copyright &copy; and registered trademarks &reg; of the prospective companies.</p> </div> --> </body> </html>