Stories
- Article
Medics and the bomb
Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.
- Article
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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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability
By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
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Catalogue
- Books
Public conveniences in London / report by the medical officer of health.
Menzies, F. N. KayDate: 1928- Books
Common lodging-houses and kindred institutions / report by the medical officer of health.
Menzies, F. N. KayDate: 1927
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- Online
Special report of the medical officer of health on the housing of the working classes.
Guildford Rural District Council.Date: [1910]
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Preliminary report on the object and duties of the medical officer of health / by F.W. Pavy.
Pavy, F. W. (Frederick William), 1829-1911.Date: [1856]
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- Online
Special report by the medical officer of health on the pollution of the River Rother / Chesterfield District Council.
Chesterfield District Council.Date: 1901