Dr Southwood Smith : A Retrospect (Paperback)

Preface; Introduction: recollections of my grandfather; 1. Early life, 1788?1820; 2. First years in London. Dawn of the science of modern hygiene, 1820?34; 3. London continued. Literary and other work, 1820?34; 4. Work on the Factory Commission, 1833; 5. Rise of the sanitary movement, 1837; 6. Philanthropic and medical work, 1840?8; 7. The ten years' struggle for sanitary reform, 1838?48; 8. Official life. General Board of Health, 1848?54; 9. Retirement from public life. St. George's Hill, Weybridge, 1854?60; 10. The sunset of life. Italy, 1861; 11. The afterglow; Appendices; Index.