LONDON CONTINUED—LITERARY AND OTHER WORK, 1820-1834.
'Penny Encyclopedia.' The Medical Schools and dissection. Body-snatching. Lectures—physiological, forensic, and popular. Lecture over the remains of Bentham. Publication of the 'Philosophy of Health' [35]
CHAPTER IV.
WORK ON THE FACTORY COMMISSION, 1833.
History of Factories. Laws previous to 1833. Apprenticeship system. Appointed Commissioner. Description of state of factories in 1833. Passing of the Factory Act. Subsequent additions to Act. Visits to see result of its working [49]
CHAPTER V.
RISE OF THE SANITARY MOVEMENT, 1837.
Outbreak of fever in London. Personal inspection of Bethnal Green and Whitechapel. First Report to Poor Law Commissioners. Ventilation in crowded districts. Overcrowding of children in workhouses. Second Report of Poor Law Commissioners, 1839. Takes the Marquis of Normanby (Home Secretary) to see spots reported on at Bethnal Green. Takes also Lord Ashley. Press and public men take up the cause [60]
CHAPTER VI.
PHILANTHROPIC AND MEDICAL WORK, 1840-1848.