Stories
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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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Why pandemic denial is nothing new
Could today’s Covid-deniers be taking lessons from history? After all, it’s nearly 200 years since frustrations at a cholera-induced lockdown erupted in Sunderland.
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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
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Families fighting for justice
In 1962 a group of parents whose children had been affected by thalidomide began a decades-long battle in the law courts, the media and Parliament in order to win fair justice for all thalidomide survivors.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Local Government Elections
Date: 1970-1971Reference: SA/BCC/D.2Part of: Birth Control Campaign- Archives and manuscripts
Local Government
Date: 1999Reference: SA/ASH/U/90Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
'Local Government'
Date: 1889-1893Reference: SA/SMO/K.11-12Part of: Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Local Government Reorganisation
Date: May 1971-Jul 1972Reference: SA/SMO/L.92Part of: Society of Medical Officers of Health- Books
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Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.
Great Britain.Date: 1898