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.
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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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Picturing mental health
Ron Hampshire created artworks while resident at Netherne psychiatric hospital. What can we learn from them?
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Between sickness and health
In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Status of Medical Officers of Health
Date: Jan 1958-Jul 1968Reference: SA/SMO/M.3Part of: Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Officers of Health
Date: 1958-1971Reference: SA/CMO/D/117Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Books
The constitution and bye-laws of the Society of Medical Officers of Health.
Society of Medical Officers of Health (Great Britain)Date: [1935]- Books
The book of constitution and bye-laws / Society of Medical Officers of Health.
Society of Medical Officers of Health (Great Britain)Date: [1909]- Archives and manuscripts
Fever Hospital Medical Officers of Health Group
Date: 1922-1974Reference: SA/SMO/P.4Part of: Society of Medical Officers of Health