Stories
- Article
Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
![Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0067887/full/420%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0009783/full/600%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0008334/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0009781/full/600%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0006927/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0008335/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
Catalogue
- Ephemera
- Online
Masters, seamen and apprentices serving on foreign-going ships or ships engaged in regular trade on foreign stations : Class A.(M.) : national health insurance contribution card.
Date: [1912?]
- Books
- Online
The National Insurance Act, 1911 / with introduction and notes by J.A. Lovat-Fraser.
Lovat-Fraser, J. A. (James Alexander), 1868-1938.Date: 1912
- Books
- Online
Draft regulations, dated the 7th November, 1913, proposed to be made under Section 15 of the National Insurance Act, 1911 / by the National Health Insurance Joint Committee acting jointly with the Insurance Commissioners.
Great Britain. National Health Insurance Joint Committee.Date: 1913- Books
Final report / Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance.Date: 1932- Books
Report of the Royal Commission on National Health Insurance.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on National Health Insurance.Date: 1926