Dr. Penhal on the EffeEfs of Famne, ^c. 515 



by the authority and patriotic exertions of our 

 magiflrates, have quieted thefe apprehenfions, 

 by removing, in no inconfiderable degree, the 

 caufes from which they originated. * And^ I truft, 



the 



* The following Paper, printed and diftributed by the 

 order of the Magiftrates, will fhew the Meafures taken 

 on this interefting cccafion. 



COUNTY OF LANCASTER. 



A reprefentation, of a very alarming nature, having 

 been made by Lord Grey de Wilton, and a great num- 

 ber of the moft refpeftable inhabitants of the townftiip 

 and neighbourhood of RadcIifFe, in this county, to the 

 gentlemen to whom the following letter is direfted, of a 

 malignant fever, which was fuppofed to have originated in 

 the cotton-works there ; they took the liberty of deliring 

 Dr. Percival, and the other Medical Gentlemen of Man- 

 chefter, to take upon themfelves the trouble of making 

 fuch enquiries, as they fhould think neceflary, in order to 

 afcertain the caufes to which it was owing; and the moft 

 proper methods to be ufed, to prevent the further fpreading 

 of the contagion. Much to the credit of the phyficians, 

 they undertook the tafk with the greatell alacrity ; went 

 over to the infected place themfelves j and the following 

 report was the confequence. 



To Samuel Clowes, jun. .^ 



Thomas B. Bayley, / 



DoRNiNG Rasbotham, J»Efquires. 



AND \ 



M. Bentley, J 



His Majefty's JuRices of the Peace, for the County Palatine 



of Lancaftcr. 



L 1 2 G£N* 



