Pioneers in public health : lessons from history /
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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Routledge focus on environmental health
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 127 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781138059450 1138059455 |
Index Number: | RA418 |
CLC: | R199.561 |
Call Number: | R199.561/P662 |
Contents: | Thomas Fresh : the first environmental health practitioner / Norman Parkinson -- Sir John Simon : a role model for public health practice? / Alan Page -- John Snow : a pioneer in epidemiology / Hugh Thomas -- Sir Joseph Bazalgette : a man of persistence and vision / Alan Page -- George Smith of Coalville ("the children's friend") : campaigner for factory and canal boats legislation / Susan Lammin -- Duncan of Liverpool : the first medical officer of health / Stephen Battersby -- Margaret McMillan : advocate and practitioner of improvements in children's health / Susan Lammin -- George Cadbury and corporate social responsibility : working conditions, housing, education, and food policy / Zena Lynch and Surindar Dhesi -- Charles Booth's inquiry : poverty, poor housing, and legacies for environmental health / Matthew Clough -- Christopher Addison : health visionary, man of war, parliamentarian, and practical pioneer / William Hatchett -- Margery Spring Rice : throwing light on hidden misery / Deirdre Mason -- Berthold Lubtekin : 'nothing is too good for ordinary people' / Ellis Turner. |