Public Health and Politics in the Age of Reform

Cholera was the scourge of nineteenth century Britain, with four devastating epidemics sweeping the country from the 1830s to the 1860s. David McLean provides a detailed study of the efforts of local and national government efforts to combat the disease. Based on a unique cache of documents, McLean''s account exposes the struggles between local and national government as they grappled with the eno...