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1; 756343 - Clean food and the citizen. - 1966
4; 324484 - Richardson (H) Urban District Council of Handsworth. Description of the Witton Sewage Pumping Station and menu of luncheon given by Mr. Councillor T.H. Berry and Mr. Councillor G. Baines at the opening of the Witton Sewage Pumping Station, November 17th 1908. Drainage and Sewerage. - 1908
4; 663227 - Official opening of the new refuse disposal works, Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, 9th September 1966. - 1966
5; 385938 - City of Birmingham. Brandwood End Cemetery. Dedication by the Right Rev. Bishop Hamilton Baynes of Cross of Sacrifice erected by the Imperial War Graves Commission to commemorate the soldiers who died in the Great War. July 1930. Order of Service. 4pp. 1930. BAYNES (ARTHUR HAMILTON) Bishop of Natal, afterwards Rector of St. Philip's. - 1930
06; 64573 - President's address at the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, Birmingham, 1872. 23pp. 1872. BAKER (ALDRED) F.R.C.S. - 1872
06; 660373 - On amputation by single flap : paper read before the Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical Association, 1864. - 1864
06; 660396 - Inaugural address delivered at the annual meeting of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical Association : June 28, 1881. - 1881
11; 67130 - Report of Mr. Councillor Lawson Tait and the Medical Officer of Health upon preparing a disease map of the Borough. Printed by order of the Health Department. (Borough of Birmingham) 10pp. 1877. Health. - 1877
11; 426800 - City of Birmingham Education Committee. Child Guidance Clinic. Medical Director's report. 1932-34 --. Children. - 1932-1934
31; 113976 - Water bills. Copy of the report by the Board of Trade upon the Birmingham Corporation water bill. (Parliamentary Report) 4pp. 1892. Water. - 1892
31; 237059 - Water Department (City of Birmingham) Authorisation of plumbers. List of authorised plumbers. 24pp. 1912. Water. - 1912
31; 307168 - Water Department (City of Birmingham) Authorisation of plumbers. List of authorised plumbers. 20pp. 1906. Water. - 1906
31; 662310 - [Claerwen reservoir : description of the dam and its construction : with statistics relating to the Elan Valley undertaking]. - 1953
31; 662311 - Completion of the Elan supply scheme : [with statistics]. - 1961
31; 663379 - Severn supply scheme : [a descriptive booklet]. - 1968
32; 233600 - Paper read at the Social Science Congress, Birmingham, 1868. “What is the relation of water supply in large towns to the health of the inhabitants?” 22pp. 1868. *HILL (ALFRED) Medical Officer of Health. - 1868
33; 245852 - Souvenir in connection with Selly Oak Public Baths, Tiverton Road, Bournbrook 1906. Illus. 24pp. 1906. King's Norton and Northfield Urban District Council. - 1906
33; 386141 - City of Birmingham. Baths Department. Programme of official opening of new public baths, Stratford Road, Sparkhill. July 1931. Illus. 4pp. 1931. - 1931
38; 324514 - South Staffordshire Waterworks Company. Scheme for superannuation fund. 8pp. 1923. Water. - 1923
38; 324515 - Superannuation Fund. Reports and Statement of Accounts, 1923-24 (1st) etc.. Superannuation Scheme (South Staffordshire Waterworks Company). - 1924-1924
41; 662616 - Report of works committee for presentation to the Board on Tuesday, 17th January, 1905. - 1905
42; 62795 - Thomas Walker's System for the utilization of the sewage of large towns. With remarks on Birmingham sewage. 7pp. c.1860. WALKER (THOMAS). - 1860
42; 64574 - Observations on the best means for cleansing the sewage of large towns, and a description of his patent plan of subsiding pool (as compared with the Birmingham settling pits) 8pp. 1860. WALKER (THOMAS). - 1860
42; 476025 - Observations on the best means for cleansing the sewage of large towns, and a description of his patent plan of subsiding pool (as compared with the Birmingham settling pits) 8pp. 1860. WALKER (THOMAS). - 1860
43; 259171 - Report on the destruction of Town's Refuse and disposal of the Residuum. 8pp. 1889. Aston Manor Local Board. - 1889
51; 421010 - City of Birmingham Parks and Cemeteries Department. Notes on the city cemeteries. Issued in connection with the Cemetery and Crematorium Authorities Conference held in Birmingham, June 1934. Illus. Map. 15pp. 1934. Cemeteries. - 1934
51; 536012 - Prayer Book. The Order for the burial of the dead. Published by Bach and Barker Ltd., Funeral Directors, Birmingham. 16pp.
52; 589609 - Cremation and the gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ. - 1949
52; 663480 - The Birmingham Crematorium Limited, Walsall Road, Perry Barr : [a descriptive brochure]. - 1967
53; 259171 - Aston Manor Local Board. Report on the destruction of town’s refuse and disposal of the residuum. 8pp. 1889. Health. - 1889
113; 239506 - St. Philip's, Birmingham. Blue Coat School Jubilee Festival Service, 1897 (Hymns, etc., with music) 52pp. 1897. Blue Coat Charity School. - 1897
301; 520440 - Birmingham Water Works Company. A list of proprietors qualified to be directors, 1844; 1845. Water. - 1845
631; 535020 - [Notices and programmes of social events and sports].
44501 - On physical and psychical diseases incidental to large towns. Address before the Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical Association, 1879. 22pp. 1879. JOHNSTON (JAMES). - 1879
64228 - Public Health Act. Evidence of Mr. W. Haines, before the inspector appointed to enter into the preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of Birmingham. 10pp. 1849. Water. - 1849
64573 - Baker (A) President's address at the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, Birmingham, 1872. 23pp. 1872. Medical Association (British), Birmingham Meeting, 1872. - 1872
66966 - Letter to the Mayor of Birmingham (C. Geach) on sanitary reform. 8pp. 1847. *DUFTON (WILLIAM). - 1847
66967 - The Sanitary aspect of Birmingham, and suggestions for its improvement. 15pp. 1852. POSTGATE (JOHN). - 1852
68050 - Sanatory Inquiry - England. Report on the state of the Public Heath in Birmingham. By a Committee of Physicians and Surgeons. 22pp. 1841. BAYNHAM (J.M.). - 1841
181001 - 1st annual report and year book, 1901-3. All published. 15pp. 1903. Sanitary Council (Birmingham). - 1903
233599 - Mathews (C.E.) "Can the public hospitals and dispensaries of this country be so administered as to conduce more to the welfare of the community?" 14pp. Social Science (National Association for the Promotion of), Birmingham Meeting, 1868. - 1868
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