Ritch Sickness in the Workhouse

Poor Law Medical Care in Provincial England, 1834-1914
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78744-703-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 48, 312 Seiten

Reihe: Rochester Studies in Medical History

Sickness in the Workhouse illuminates the role of workhouse medicine in caring for England's poor, bringing sick paupers from the margins of society and placing them centre stage.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ritch, Alistair

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Arzt-Patient-Beziehung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Pauperism and Sickness
From Acute Illness to Chronic Disability
Segregating Fever Patients
Controlling Disorderly Behavior
Day-to-day Doctoring
Medical Therapies
Poor Law Nursing
"Every Care and Kindness": The Standard of Workhouse Medicine
Appendix A: Prevalence of Selected Infectious Diseases in Birmingham Workhouse on the Last Day of the First Week of Each Quarter for the Years 1877-80 and 1894-1911
Appendix B: Medical Relief in Birmingham Workhouse for Selected Weeks, 1851-56
Appendix C: List of Drugs Kept in the Wards of Birmingham Infirmary in 1896
Appendix D: Pauperism Rates and Institutionalization Rates for Birmingham Parish, Wolverhampton Union, and England and Wales, 1840-1911
Bibliography