Joseph Rogers, M.D. : reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer / edited with a preface, by Prof. Thorold Rogers.

  • Rogers, Joseph, 1820 or 21-1889.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Joseph Rogers, M.D. : reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer / edited with a preface, by Prof. Thorold Rogers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    office by overwhelming majorities. I have reason to know that the atrocities perpetrated by the master roused the anger, and secured the unobtrusive but effec- tive co-operation of a very exalted personage. The resentment which affected this total change was not the act of one section of society or of one party only, and it is just to say that my brother had the assistance of eminent persons in both political parties. I mention this the rather, because my brother made no secret of his political opinions, arid never omitted any opportunity of inculcating them. He belonged, as all his brothers did, to the advanced Liberal party. Daring the remainder of his active life he was in perfect accord with the Board of Guardians. He had the good fortune to see that what he had laboured for, and had been persecuted for, was now acknowledged to be humane, politic, and economical. He even had the opportunity of checking reckless and unwise expenditure. He had done great services to the poor, though his clients were unable to express more than their personal gratitude to him. He had re- cognized and secured the co-operation of some among those excellent women who have worked so ener- getically and unobtrusively on behalf of the poor destitute. He had done great services to his own profession, and had secured them a little of their