Local board of health
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A local board of health was a local authority in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. They were formed in response to cholera epidemics and were given powers to control sewers, clean th
Sitting of the Board of Health, at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, in 1849
Edwin Chadwick
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Sir Edwin Chadwick KCB was an English social reformer who is noted for his leadership in reforming the Poor Laws in England and instituting major reforms in urban sanitation and public health. A disci
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…Metropolis already under the control of sewer commissioners. The act was passed by the Whig government of Lord John Russell, in response to the urging of Edwin Chadwick. This was supported by reports, from the Royal Commission on the Health of Towns (formed in 1843) and local branches of the Health of Towns Association…
Sir Edwin Chadwick in c. 1860s
Attached to 5 Kingfisher Close, Longsight and viewed from Stockport Road
Sir Edwin Chadwick
Chadwick's name as it appears on the frieze of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine