English sanitary institutions : reviewed in their course of development, and in some of their political and social relations / by John Simon.

  • Simon, John, Sir, 1816-1904.
Date:
1890
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Credit: English sanitary institutions : reviewed in their course of development, and in some of their political and social relations / by John Simon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS SYNOPSIS OF PARTS. ^nrt 3Firat.—INTEODUCTION. PAGE AFTER I.—Earliest Times 1 II.—The Eoman Institutions III. —Post-Roman Anarchy and the Re-commencements . . 30 IV. —Medi^rval Philanthropy . . . ... . .45 Jlart POST-MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. V.—Tudor Legislation ........ 65 VI.—London under Elizabeth and the Stuarts . . .82 5part Cijirtr.—NEW momenta. VII.—Rise and Early Progress of British Preventive Medicine 107' VIII.—Growth op Humanity in British Politics . . .128 IX.—First Experiences of Asiatic Cholera in Europe . .166 ^art THE reign of queen victoria. X.—History of the Public Health Legislation of 1848 . 178 XI.—The General Board of Health, 1848-58 . . . 214 XII.—Initiation of Medical Officerships, Local and Central ; i. The Local Appointments, and their Early Working . 245 ii. The Central Appointment, and its Early Working . 257 XIII. —The Medical Department under the Privy Council . 279 XIV. —The Royal Sanitary Commission, 1869-71 . . . 322 XV. —State-Medicine since 1871 ; i. The Opportunities of 1871-4 ..... 353 ii. Supervision by the Local Government Board . .391 iii. The Medical Act of 1886 . . . . . .414 iv. Local Government Legislation, 1888-9 . . .419 XVI. —The Politics of Poverty . . . . . . .433 XVII.—Conclusion 462