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Epidemic threats and racist legacies

Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.

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Little feet on Pett Level Beach

Poet and author Penny Pepper has vivid memories of childhood beach trips when her father was still alive, enthusiastically encouraging her curiosity and love of nature.

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  • Livingstone Cottage Hospital, Dartford. Postcard, ca. 1906.
  • World War I: Third Southern General Hospital, Oxford, extension in the Masonic Buildings. Watercolour by Walter Spradbery, 1919.
  • Livingstone Cottage Hospital, Dartford, Kent. Process print by C.W.E.
  • World War I: the Examination Schools, Oxford, while occupied by the Third Southern General Hospital, interior. Watercolour by Walter Spradbery.
  • World War I: the Examination Schools, Oxford, while occupied by the Third Southern General Hospital, exterior. Watercolour by Walter Spradbery.
  • Annual report for the year 1902 (fifth year of issue) / Metropolitan Asylums Board.
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