In January 1882 the Medical Officer of Health made a further report to the Authority, reported in the Alnwick Mercury of 21 January:
"Measles and whooping cough are at Togston Woodhouses, which have had no improvements in any way commensurate with their requirements effected in them since about two years ago I made a report on their condition. The high winds have done some additional damage to their roofs; the raised ground around them has become somewhat more saturated with impurity. They have all the sanitary defects formerly noticed, and unless a vigorous attempt be shortly made to deliver them from impending ruin, it may become my duty to advise the closing of them for human habitation."
That must be as bad as it gets for a doctor, somewhat frustrated .
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