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THE congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health, held this year at Douglas, lsle of man, from June 29 to July 5, was presided over by Lord Raglan, the Lieutenant-Governor of the island, who, in the course of his presidential address, gave a cordial welcome to the members of the congress. He referred to the progress of sanitation? the Victorian era, but pointed out that England was handicapped in the hygienic struggle as compared with Continental nations owing to our exaggerated ideas of personal liberty.
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Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health . Nature 76, 259 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/076259a0
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