Endangered Lives: Public Health in Victorian Britain

by Anthony Wohl

An examination of the administration of public health in Great Britain during the nineteenth century includes discussions of the problems of pollution, inadequate sewage, and industrial diseases

Genres: History, Health

416 pages, Hardcover

First published December 12, 1983

Reviews

[Beth]

Fascinating study. I literally couldn’t put it down.
I can’t say how many times I recommended it to students.
Just don’t read it right before eating.

[David Bishai]

Such and important book. So undiscovered. This is how the technology that saved a billion lives was put into practice and political objections overcome