The rise of public health in England and Wales
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1805
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 9645
Subjects: Public health; History
Other titles: Public health, the journal of the Society of Medical Officers of Health.
Description: This collection curates selections from the British National Archives, making previously rarely accessed records accessible to online researchers. The nineteenth century is a particularly noteworthy era given industrialization, urbanization, and the appearance of public health as a concept. Crises such as the arrival of cholera in Britain in 1831 tested the government's ability to respond to public health concerns. Public health, as the World Health Organization defines it, encompasses "organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole," with public health campaigns targeting wide-ranging issues such as family planning, nutrition, safe drinking water, and workplace conditions. This collection offers a look into this diversity of public health meaning and application, with records spanning a view of public health from national policy to individual care.
Notes: Date range of documents: 1805-1900.

Reproduction of the originals from the The National Archives (Kew, United Kingdom).

Publication titles: Public health, the journal of the Society of Medical Officers of Health.