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
Maclean, Dr, referred to, 18.
Martock, Dr Southwood Smith born at, 7.
"Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the
Industrious Classes," founding of, 93.
"Metropolitan Sanitary Commission" appointed, 122.
Mines, child labour in, 73.
"Model Dwellings," building of first, 94.
Morpeth, Lord, quoted, 100--
brings forward Bill for "Improving the Health of Towns in England,"
122 _et seq._--
letter to, 128.
Normanby, Marquis of, visits Bethnal Green and Whitechapel with Dr
Southwood Smith, 69--
referred to, 100--
his "Drainage of Buildings Bill," 104.
'Origin and Progress of Sanitary Reform,' by T. Jones Howell, quoted,
32.
Palmerston, Viscount, letter from, 137.
'Penny Encyclopædia,' Dr Southwood Smith contributes to, 36.
'Philosophy of Health, The,' 47--
revision of, 140.
Procter, Adelaide, quotation from, 150.
Public Health Act, 1848, passed, 126.
"Quarantine Laws," articles on, 31.
Read, Miss Anne, attachment of Dr Southwood Smith to, 8--
marriage of, 9--
death of, _ib._
Recognition of public services of Dr Southwood Smith, 143, 162.
"Report on the Physical Causes of Sickness and Mortality," &c., 61--
extracts from, _ib._ _et seq._
"Report on the Prevalence of Fever in Twenty Metropolitan Unions in
1838," 68.
'Results of Sanitary Improvement,' publication of, 141.
Ryland, Dr, reference to, 8.
Sanatorium, founding of the, 81.
Sanitary Reform, Dr Southwood Smith's first writings on, 17--
beginning of the movement for, 60 _et seq._--
struggle for, 102 _et seq._--
Parliamentary Committee appointed, 103--
Mr Chadwick's report, 105--
"Health of Towns Commission," _ib._--
"Public Health Act, 1848," passed, 126.
Shaftesbury, Lord, letter from, 142--
quotation from diary of, 153.
Slaney, Mr, M.P., quoted, 99--
obtains committee to inquire into sanitary state of large towns in
England, 103.
Smith, Caroline Southwood, 9.
Smith, Emily Southwood, 9.
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