Vol 143 (1993)

The papers in this volume lean strongly towards the history of Liverpool in the nineteenth century - five of them originated at a conference on 'Public Health on Merseyside' held independently of the Society in 1991

The papers in this volume lean strongly towards the history of Liverpool in the nineteenth century – five of them originated at a conference on ‘Public Health on Merseyside’ held independently of the Society in 1991

Front matter
List of illustrations
Editorial note
List of abbreviations

Sir James Whitelocke, chief justice of Chester 1620-1624
Damian X. Powell

‘The church, the throne and the people: ships, colonies and commerce’: popular Toryism in early Victorian Liverpool
John Belchem

Home missionaries to the poor: Abraham Hume and spiritual destitution in Liverpool, 1847-1884
Lucy E. Bosworth

Introductory note: Health and society on Merseyside: some historical perspectives
Gerry Kearns and Sally Sheard

Duncan and the cholera test: Public health in mid nineteenth century Liverpool
Gerry Kearns, Paul Laxton and Joy Campbell

James Newlands and the bounds of public health
Christopher Hamlin

Water and health: The formation and exploitation of the relationship in Liverpool, 1847-1900
Sally Sheard

The development of municipal infant welfare services in St. Helens, 1868-1914
Richard A. Hawes

Housing and health in Liverpool, 1870-1940
Colin G. Pooley and Sandra Irish

Recent finds of Roman coins in Lancashire: second report
David Shotter

Notes on contributors

Reviews

Council and officers’ reports for 1993

Index

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