Insanitary city : Henry Littlejohn and the condition of Edinburgh / Paul Laxton and Richard Rodger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laxton, Paul, author.

Rodger, Richard, author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Scotland--Edinburgh--History--19th century.

Public health.

Public health--Scotland--Edinburgh--History--19th century--Sources.

Urban Health.

History.

Scotland.

Scotland--Edinburgh.

Medical Subjects:

Urban Health.

Scotland.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xvi, 464 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lancaster : Carnegie, 2013.

Summary:

Dr Henry Littlejohn's Report on the Sanitary Condition of Edinburgh (1865) was a landmark in urban management and public health administration, with a significance far beyond boundaries of Edinburgh. This book reproduces the complete, original Report, and describes fully its pivotal role in the development of public health management in Victorian cities. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Revealing the Insanitary City 1

2 Public health and medical police before the 1850s 16

3 Littlejohn's inheritance 45

4 'The property of the public': the Report acclaimed 101

5 Urban management in the age of Littlejohn 159

6 Littlejohn and public health in Edinburgh after 1865 209

Facsimile: Report on the Sanitary Condition of Edinburgh, 1865 227

Identifying the different editions of Littlejohn's Report 228

Explanatory notes on the facsimile 434.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1859362206

9781859362204

OCLC:

872989784

Publisher Number:

99958484804