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1 entries match Europe & United Kingdom [Z01.542] · Public Health [N02.500] · Diagnostics & Imaging [E01]

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1842 CE

#1608

Report…from the Poor Law Commissioners on an inquiry into the sanitary conditions of the labouring population of Great Britain.

CHADWICK, Sir Edwin (1800 – 1890)
CHADWICK, Sir Edwin (1800 – 1890)

Chadwick devoted his life to social reform. He was secretary to the Poor Law Commission when he made the above report to Parliament. In it he included a careful analysis of causes of death in 1838 and 1839 and gave a …