Stories
- Article
Society, not Covid-19, makes us vulnerable
Rick Burgess coped with the death of his mother in February 2020 by immersing himself in the task of protecting his community from Covid-19 and challenging the government's failure to protect and support elderly and Disabled people during the pandemic.
- Article
Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
- Article
In search of the ‘nature cure’
Under the competing pressures of modern life, many of us succumb to mental ill health. Samantha Walton explores why so-called ‘nature cures’ don’t help, and how the living world can actually help us.
- Book extract
“Above resistant pavements, I floated”
In this extract from ‘Living with Buildings and Walking with Ghosts’, walk with Iain Sinclair through the streets of London.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Society of Medical Officers of Health
Society of Medical Officers of HealthDate: 1856-1998Reference: SA/SMO- Books
Medical inspection of school children / by George Newman.
Newman, George.Date: 1909- Books
The medical inspection of children and its developments / by R.A. Lyster.
Lyster, Robert A. (Robert Arthur)Date: 1909- Books
The scientific control of diphtheria / by William G. Savage.
Savage, William G. (William George), 1872-1961.Date: 1909- Books
The co-ordination of medical inspection with public health work / by H. Meredith Richards.
Richards, H. Meredith.Date: 1909