Stories
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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Parks and politics in Brixton’s past and present
Gentrification is creeping along Railton Road, but racial inequality still lingers in memories of the 1980s, and in the continuing lack of green-space access.
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How to rehabilitate the concrete jungle
A huge concrete housing estate from the 1960s, now seen as an ecological mistake, is being drastically redeveloped, compounding the environmental errors. Owen Hatherley posits a more creative solution.
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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
Catalogue
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Health week : September 25th to October 1st, 1926 official guide book opened on Saturday, September 25th, at 3 p.m., by the worshipful, the Mayor of West Ham, Alderman John T. Husband.
Date: 1926- Books
Record of cases treated in hospital during the small-pox epidemic in West Ham in 1884 and 1885 / by John Moir.
Moir, John.Date: 1888- Books
Rahum Shoulman / Sharon Richman.
Richman, Sharon.Date: 2000- Books
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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham].
West Ham (London, England). County Borough.Date: [1948?]- Books
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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham].
West Ham (London, England). County Borough.Date: [1924?]