Stories
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Beating the bodysnatchers
When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.
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Fees, funding and the NHS
In the 1950s, dramatic political battles over NHS charges brought down a government. But public confidence in the service still grew.
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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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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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Spence, T. W. L. - The Present Position of the Insane Poor under Private Care in Scotland
Date: 1902Reference: DGH1/10/1/30Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Books
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Sanatory inquiry - towns in Scotland : report on the sanatory condition of the Old Town of Edinburgh / made to the Poor Law Commissioners by William Chambers.
Chambers, William, 1800-1883.Date: 1840- Books
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Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXX. Scotland. Statistics and other documents relating specially to Scotland.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.Date: 1911- Books
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Sanatory inquiry - towns in Scotland : report on the sanatory condition and general economy of the town of Tranent, and the neighbouring district in Haddingtonshire / made to the Poor Law Commissioners by S. Scott Alison.
Alison, Somerville Scott, 1813-1877.Date: 1840- Books
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Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXIII. Report to the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress on the condition of the children who are in receipt of the various forms of Poor Law Relief in certain parishes in Scotland / by C.T. Parsons, ..., assisted by Mary Longman & Marion Phillips.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.Date: 1910