1st Edition

Sanitary Reform in Victorian Britain, Part I Vol 1

    Sanitary reform was one of the great debates of the nineteenth century. This reset edition makes available a modern, edited collection of rare documents specifically addressing sanitary reform. An extensive general introduction sets the material in context and extends the debate to provide a contemporary international perspective.

    General Introduction, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Bibliography, I. Disease and Sanitary Causes, II. The Emergence of Public Health, III. The Extension of Sanitary Reform and Governing Bodies, Editorial Notes