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Actions Displays	Insanitary city: Henry Littlejohn and the condition of Edinburgh. 2013 Remove from selection Add to selection TitleInsanitary city: Henry Littlejohn and the condition of Edinburgh. 2013 Author Paul Laxton Richard Rodger Henry Duncan (1826-1914) Littlejohn Place of publicationLancaster PublisherCarnegie Publishing Year of publication2013 Nineteenth century Pagination464 pp Illustrationsill col ill Dimensions25.5 cm MaterialBook MaterialBook ISBN978-1859362206 SubjectEDINBURGH, Public Health Geographical keywordEDINBURGH Persons keyword Henry Duncan (1826-1914) Littlejohn Dr Henry Littlejohn's Report on the Sanitary Condition of Edinburgh (1865) was a landmark in urban management and public health administration. The Lancet described it as 'monumental'. The Report had a significance far beyond the boundaries of Edinburgh and his meticulous research produced penetrating insights into the links between poverty, employment and public health in Victorian cities. Insanitary City reproduces the full Report and sets it in this wider context. For over half a century, Littlejohn's career as Police Surgeon, Crown witness in murder cases and medical advisor to the Scottish Poor Law authorities, gave him an unrivalled overview of the problems confronting Victorian society. In 1895 he was knighted 'for services to sanitary science'.

TitleInsanitary city: Henry Littlejohn and the condition of Edinburgh. 2013

Author

Place of publicationLancaster

Year of publication2013

Nineteenth century

Pagination464 pp

Illustrationsill col ill

Dimensions25.5 cm

MaterialBook

ISBN978-1859362206

Geographical keywordEDINBURGH

Dr Henry Littlejohn's Report on the Sanitary Condition of Edinburgh (1865) was a landmark in urban management and public health administration. The Lancet described it as 'monumental'. The Report had a significance far beyond the boundaries of Edinburgh and his meticulous research produced penetrating insights into the links between poverty, employment and public health in Victorian cities. Insanitary City reproduces the full Report and sets it in this wider context. For over half a century, Littlejohn's career as Police Surgeon, Crown witness in murder cases and medical advisor to the Scottish Poor Law authorities, gave him an unrivalled overview of the problems confronting Victorian society. In 1895 he was knighted 'for services to sanitary science'.