_For the Year ended September 29, 1829._ A RETURN from Mr. ________ Medical Officer of the ________ District of the ________ Union. ┌───────────────┬───────────┬───────────┬─────────────────────────────┐ │ CASES. │Occupation │ Situation │ OBSERVATIONS. │ │ │ of │ and State │ │ │ │Applicants.│ of │ │ │ │ │Residence. │ │ ├───┬───────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────────────────────┤ │No.│Nosological│ │ │(If there should not be │ │of.│ Names of. │ │ │ sufficient space for the │ │ │ │ │ │ requisite Observations, │ │ │ │ │ │ space for the requisite │ │ │ │ │ │ Observations, they may be │ │ │ │ │ │ continued on the back of │ │ │ │ │ │ the Return, or on a │ │ │ │ │ │ fly-leaf, to be attached to│ │ │ │ │ │ the Return.) │ ├───┼───────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───┴───────────┴───────────┴───────────┴─────────────────────────────┘ Signature of Medical Officer: ________ 4.—_Circular Letter to the Provosts of Burghs in Scotland._ Poor Law Commission Office, Somerset House, London, 1840. Sir,—The Poor Law Commissioners have received from Her Majesty directions to extend to Scotland the inquiry they have, in compliance with an address from the House of Lords, been directed to make in England as to the causes of disease and destitution arising from the situation and construction of the dwellings of the labouring classes, and from other similar circumstances affecting their sanitary condition. The Commissioners request your aid in conducting the inquiry in the of The Commissioners have obtained valuable information in England from the medical practitioners who have the care of hospitals and dispensaries, where those contagious febrile diseases to which their attention has been specially directed come under the observation and treatment of experienced professional men.