Sandford, Mrs Henry.
Home Work and Duties:
(W. & R. Chambers, 1885).
Girls' Reading-Book. Hardback. Some wear to edges & fraying to spine ends. Red / black cloth with gilt lettering slightly darkened, otherwise a good copy. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-C13123
Keywords: Victorian, 1880s, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, duties, responsibilities, duty, responsibility, social history, women's history, Mrs Henry Sandford, women's education, girls, girlhood, domestic economy, food, clothing, sewing, needlework, knitting, ventilation, cleaning, washing, health, sickness, Britain, British, England, English, hygiene,
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Lyster, Robert A.
A First Course in Hygiene:
(University Tutorial Press, rpt, 1946).
Hardback. Blue cloth darkened and marked in places, corners worn, otherwise good. viii + 376pp. Order No. NSBK-A6371
Keywords: health, hygiene, social welfare, social hygiene, history, Britain, British, England, English, twentieth century, Robert A. Lyster, body, ventilation, text books, foods, digestion, cooking, nervous system, dwellings, housing, heating, water supply, diseases, infection, houses, diets
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Magill, Colonel Sir James.
The Red Cross: the Idea and its Development. A Sketch
(Cassell and Company, rpt, 1927).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Light foxing to endpapers and rubbing to cloth at corners, a small splash to front board - otherwise in good+ all-round condition. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A13513
Keywords: B000L3K4XO, Red Cross, history, Red Cross Movement, British Red Cross Society, Great War, First World War, World War I, colonialism, voluntary societies, peace, pacifism, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Edwardian, 19th century, nineteenth century, twentieth century, health, aid, hospitals, relief, medicine, medical, international, voluntary aid
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Stewart, Alexander P. & Jenkins, Edward.
The Medical and Legal Aspects of Sanitary Reform:
(Leicester UP, 1969 rpt of 1867 2nd edit).
Intro by M.W. Flinn. Hardback. Very good in soiled dustwrapper. 100pp. Order No. NSBK-A4851
Keywords: 718550072, medical, history, M. W. Flinn, social history, welfare, Britain, British, England, English, legal, sanitary reform, public health, sanitary conditions, Public Health Acts, nineteenth century, Victorian, social improvements, social reforms, Royal Sanitary Commissions, Disraeli, Disraelian Conservatism, Alexander P. Stewart, Edward Jenkins
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Summers, Anne.
Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914
(RKP, 1988).
Paperback. Spine sun-faded, with newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise good+. xii + 371pp. Order No. NSBK-C5258
Keywords: 9780710213389, nurses, nursing, nurse, Britian, British, military, war, warfare, First World War, World War One, World War I, Great War, Florence Nightingale, nightinglaes, Crimea, Crimean War, Jane Shaw Stewart, women and work, women's work, nursing sisters, hospitals, health, hospital, battlefield, nursing lobbies, war office, philanthropy, charity, , Anglo-Boer War, VAD, nursing officers, Anne Summers
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Cruz, Vera da.
Bailliere's Midwives' Dictionary:
(Bailliere Tindall, 4th edition, rpt, 1964).
Hardback. Covers soiled & a little worn, otherwise a good working copy. xiii + 396pp. Order No. NSBK-C7273
Keywords: 0702005967, midwives, midwives' dictionary, Bailliere's Midwives' Dictionary, health, midwifery, history, 1950s, 1960s, post war, childbirth, nurses, nursing, advice books, nurse, Britain, British, England, English, social history, women's history, having babies, reproduction, motherhood, childbirth, mothers, maternity, pregnancy, pregnant
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Garcia, J., Kilpatrick, R., & Richards, M., eds.
The Politics of Maternity Care: Services for Childbearing Women in Twentieth-Century Britain
(OUP, 1990).
Paperback. Newspaper reviews pasted to fly leaf and endpaper, spine faded, otherwise good. viii + 346pp. Order No. NSBK-C8124
Keywords: 0198272871 maternity, mothers, motherhood, childbirth, hospitals, babies, Britain, British, England, English, history, baby, women, women's history, health, fathers, midwives, midwifery, doctors, nurses, nursing, obstetrics, twentieth century, 20th, childbearing, pregnancy, pregnant
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Hutt, C. W.
Crowley's Hygiene of School Life:
(Methuen, 8th edit., 1929).
With 6 plates and 15 diagrams. Hardback. Light rubbing/slight soiling to cloth, otherwise good. xvi + 426pp. Order No. NSBK-A9787
Keywords: hygiene, schools, school, schooling, Britain, British, England, English, history, education, teachers, students, physical, health, child, children, twentieth century, school meals, infants, baths, bathing, exercise, games, medical, infectious disease
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Lane, William Arbuthnot, ed.
The Hygiene of Life and Safer Motherhood:
(New Age Books, n.d.).
With personal supplement, a separate book (ie: 2 vols). Hardbacks. Boards scuffed and one dustwrapper torn, otherwise good+ in original slightly torn slip case. 480+ 144pp. Order No. NSBK-C3062
Keywords: B0014B5OXC, hygiene, health, motherhood, parenting, family
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Allaun, Frank.
No Place Like Home: Britain's Housing Tragedy (from the Victim's View) and How to Overcome It
(Andre Deutsch, 1972).
Paperback. Spine creased; top cover edge worn; page edges soiled, otherwise good. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-A6687
Keywords: 0233964150, houses, housing, homes, residences, urban history, Britain, British, history, England, English, industry, slums, cottages, health, tenements, terraces
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