Stories
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The child whose town rejected vaccines
Gloucester, 1896. Ethel Cromwell is taken ill at the height of Britain’s last great smallpox epidemic.
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Dealing with the dead after a nuclear attack
Cold War-era predictions of death on a vast scale became routine. But the British authorities were less prepared to dispose of the bodies.
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How slums make people sick
A newly gentrified corner of Bermondsey leaves little clue to its less salubrious history. But a few intrepid writers recorded the details of existence in one of London’s most squalid slums.
- Photo story
Generation portraits
Photographer Julian Germain’s major project focusing on portraits of multi-generational families came to a sudden halt during the various Covid-19 lockdowns. Here families celebrate coming together again in words and images.
Catalogue
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Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, by local authorities in respect of workshops, outworks, &c., in the year 1907.
Date: 1909- Books
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Factory and workshop orders.
Great Britain. Home Office.Date: 1905- Books
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Factory and workshop orders.
Great Britain. Home OfficeDate: 1908- Books
First report of the Departmental Committee on Lighting in Factories and Workshops.
Great Britain. Home Office. Committee on Lighting in Factories and Workshops.Date: 1915- Books
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First report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the ventilation of factories and workshops : with appendices.
Great Britain. Home Office. Committee on Ventilation of Factories and Workshops.Date: 1902