Contagious Communities

It was only a coincidence that the NHS and the Empire Windrush (a ship carrying 492 migrants from Britain''s West Indian colonies) arrived together. On 22 June 1948, as the ship''s passengers disembarked, frantic preparations were already underway for 5 July, the Appointed Day when the nation''s new National Health Service would first open its doors. The relationship between immigration and the NH...