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London (Ancient and Modern) from the Sanitary and Medical Point of View
George Vivian Poore
George Poore read London like a physician reads a patient, from its water supply to its death rate across the centuries. His survey contrasts the plague-ridden medieval city with the improving modern one and asks what the future holds. A vivid study of urban health and Victorian sanitary progress. See how one great city fought to keep itself alive.
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38 chapters
- 1PREFACE.
- 2CONTENTS.
- 3LONDON (Ancient and Modern) From the Sanitary and Medical Point of View.
- 4CHAPTER I. LONDON FROM THE SANITARY POINT OF VIEW.
- 5SITUATION.
- 6WATER SUPPLY.
- 7MEDIÆVAL LONDON.
- 8GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS.
- 9HEALTH OF OLD LONDON.
- 10THE LONDON “DEATH RATE.”
- 11IMPROVED CONDITION OF MODERN LONDON.
- 12WHAT IS THE OUTLOOK?
- 13Annual Death-Rate per 100,000 Living of Children under 5 Years of Age from Whooping-cough and Measles during the 10 Years 1871–80.
- 14THE LOOSE END OF OUR SANITATION.
- 15CHAPTER II. LONDON FROM THE MEDICAL POINT OF VIEW.
- 16CHAUCER’S DOCTOR.
- 17EARLIEST LONDON PRACTITIONERS.
- 18THE SEVERANCE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
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