Dr. Southwood Smith: A RetrospectLewes, Gertrude Hill
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Dr. Southwood Smith: A Retrospect
Lewes, Gertrude Hill
Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Smith, Southwood, 1788-1861
J. J. Smith, Esq.
James Startin, Esq.
John Sutherland, Esq., M.D.
Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P.
John Thwaites, Esq.
J. W. Tottie, Esq.
Thomas Tooke, Esq., F.R.S.
E. Westall, Esq.
It will be seen that a very large number of the names on this list are
those of men who had personally worked with my grandfather or had
watched and helped as labourers in the Sanitary cause from the
beginning.--G. L.
INDEX.
Ashley, Lord, visits Bethnal Green and Whitechapel with Dr Southwood
Smith, 70--
his Bill relating to child labour in mines passed, 75.
Bentham, Jeremy, death of, 43--
Dr Southwood Smith delivers oration on, 45.
"Body-snatching," agitation in connection with, 36.
Bristol, Dr Southwood Smith educated at Baptist College in, 7.
"Broadmead Benefaction," Dr Southwood Smith holds the, 7.
Brougham, Lord, letter from, 133.
Chadwick, Mr Edwin, member of Factory Commission, 53--
reports on the sanitary condition of the labouring population, 105.
Children, employment of, in factories, 49 _et seq._
"Children's Employment Commission," Dr Southwood Smith a member of,
73--
report by, _ib._--
report on "Trades and Manufactures," 76.
Cholera, house-to-house visitation as a preventive cure of, 132, 133.
Christie, Miss Mary, marriage of Dr Southwood Smith to, 16.
Dickens, Charles, speech by, 82--
joins in performance for the benefit of "The Sanatorium," 84--
letters from, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91--
letter to, 88.
Edinburgh, Dr Southwood Smith enters University as medical student, 9--
lectures in Philosophical Institution, 141.
Education, article on, 36.
"Epidemics," lecture on, 141.
Factories, need for reform in, 49 _et seq._--
Factory Commission appointed, 53--
report by, 54 _et seq._--
Factory Act, 1833, passed, 57--
return showing working of educational provisions of Act, 58.
'Factory System, The Curse of the,' by M. Fielden, M.P., quoted, 51.
"General Board of Health," Dr Southwood Smith appointed to, 127--
work on, 132 _et seq._--
report on "A General Scheme for Extramural Sepulture," 133--
Board discontinued, 136.
Gillies, Mr, Dr Southwood Smith becomes acquainted with, 48.
Haliburton, Hon. D. G., letter to, 15
"Health of Towns Association," 98--
founding of, 107.
"Health of Towns Commission," 105.
Highgate, Dr Southwood Smith's home at, 94 _et seq._
'Illustrations of the Divine Government,' publication of, 12--
fourth edition of, 13--
quotation from preface to, _ib._
Inglis, Sir Robert Harry, M. P., quoted, 99.
Italy, travels in, 147, 148.
Jeffrey, Lord, quoted, 33.
Kentish Town, life at, 3 _et seq._
Lincoln, Lord, introduces a Sanitary Reform Bill, 110.
London, Bishop of, moves in House of Lords for extension of Poor Law
Board inquiries, 71.
London, Dr Southwood Smith removes to, 16--
report on eastern districts of, 61 _et seq._
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