[PDF] The Sanitary Era eBook

Author : Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 32,49 MB
Release : 1988-01-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309581907

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"The Nation has lost sight of its public health goals and has allowed the system of public health to fall into 'disarray'," from The Future of Public Health. This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow. In addition, the authors make recommendations for core functions in public health assessment, policy development, and service assurances, and identify the level of government--federal, state, and local--at which these functions would best be handled.

Author : Mervyn Susser
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 16,50 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0195300661

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At its core, epidemiology is concerned with changes in health and disease. The discipline requires counts and measures: of births, health disorders, and deaths, and in order to make sense of these counts it requires a population base defined by place and time. Epidemiology relies on closely defined concepts of cause - experimental or observational - of the physical or social environment, or in the laboratory. Epidemiologists are guided by these concepts, and have often contributed to their development. Because the disciplinary focus is on health and disease in populations, epidemiology has always been an integral driver of public health, the vehicle that societies have evolved to combat and contain the scourges of mass diseases.In this book, the authors trace the evolution of epidemiological ideas from earliest times to the present. Beginning with the early concepts of magic and the humors of Hippocrates, it moves forward through the dawn of observational methods, the systematic counts of deaths initiated in 16th-century London by John Graunt and William Petty, the late 18th-century Enlightenment and the French Revolution, which established the philosophical argument for health as a human right, the national public health system begun in 19th-century Britain, up to the development of eco-epidemiology, which attempts to re-integrate the fragmented fields as they currently exist. By examining the evolution of epidemiology as it follows the evolution of human societies, this book provides insight into our shared intellectual history and shows a way forward for future study.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781020446320

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The Sanitary Era provides a detailed history of public health practices around the world, from ancient times to the present day. The author examines the impact of epidemics, wars, and social change on public health, and shows how advances in hygiene, medicine, and public policy have saved countless lives. This engaging and informative book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of public health and its ongoing significance today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : George Rosen
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 21,3 MB
Release : 2015-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1421416018

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For seasoned professionals as well as students, A History of Public Health is visionary and essential reading.

Author : John Simon
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 26,84 MB
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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This work contains concise reports on the sanitary situation of London during the mid-1800s officially addressed to the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. These were printed initially only for the use of the Corporation. These general interest reports put in front of the public eye the sanitary negligence that was affecting the city of London. The author of this work, Sir John Simon, was an English surgeon and public health reformer. His struggles for the betterment of the hygienic quality of urban life led to the establishment of modern standards of public health service. His fight for public health legislation resulted in the Sanitary Act of 1866 and the Public Health Act of 1875. Contents include: Dedication Preface First Annual Report Further Remarks on Water-supply Second Annual Report Third Annual Report Fourth Annual Report Fifth Annual Report Appendix of Tables Illustrating the Sanitary Condition of the City of London Report on City Burial-Grounds Report on Extramural Interments

Author : Lee Jackson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 27,36 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300192053

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In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with "night soil," graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them. Through thematic chapters, Jackson describes how Victorian reformers met with both triumph and disaster. Full of individual stories and overlooked details--from the dustmen who grew rich from recycling, to the peculiar history of the public toilet--this riveting book gives us a fresh insight into the minutiae of daily life and the wider challenges posed by the unprecedented growth of the Victorian capital.