Dr. Southwood Smith: A Retrospect

by Gertrude Hill Lewes

INDEX.

• Ashley, Lord, visits Bethnal Green and Whitechapel with Dr Southwood Smith, [70]—
  • his Bill relating to child labour in mines passed, [75].
• Bentham, Jeremy, death of, [43]—
  • Dr Southwood Smith delivers oration on, [45].
• "Body-snatching," agitation in connection with, [36].
• Bristol, Dr Southwood Smith educated at Baptist College in, [7].
• "Broadmead Benefaction," Dr Southwood Smith holds the, [7].
• Brougham, Lord, letter from, [133].
• Chadwick, Mr Edwin, member of Factory Commission, [53]—
  • reports on the sanitary condition of the labouring population, [105].
• Children, employment of, in factories, [49] et seq.
• "Children's Employment Commission," Dr Southwood Smith a member of, [73]—
  • report by, ib.—
  • report on "Trades and Manufactures," [76].
• Cholera, house-to-house visitation as a preventive cure of, [132], [133].
• Christie, Miss Mary, marriage of Dr Southwood Smith to, [16].
• Dickens, Charles, speech by, [82]—
  • joins in performance for the benefit of "The Sanatorium," [84]—
  • letters from, [85], [86], [87], [89], [90], [91]—
  • letter to, [88].
• Edinburgh, Dr Southwood Smith enters University as medical student, [9]—
  • lectures in Philosophical Institution, [141].
• Education, article on, [36].
• "Epidemics," lecture on, [141].
• Factories, need for reform in, [49] et seq.—
  • Factory Commission appointed, [53]—
  • report by, [54] et seq.—
  • Factory Act, 1833, passed, [57]—
  • return showing working of educational provisions of Act, [58].
• 'Factory System, The Curse of the,' by M. Fielden, M.P., quoted, [51].
• "General Board of Health," Dr Southwood Smith appointed to, [127]—
  • work on, [132] et seq.—
  • report on "A General Scheme for Extramural Sepulture," [133]—
  • Board discontinued, [136].
• Gillies, Mr, Dr Southwood Smith becomes acquainted with, [48].
• Haliburton, Hon. D. G., letter to, [15]
• "Health of Towns Association," [98]—
  • founding of, [107].
• "Health of Towns Commission," [105].
• Highgate, Dr Southwood Smith's home at, [94] et seq.
• 'Illustrations of the Divine Government,' publication of, [12]—
  • fourth edition of, [13]—
  • quotation from preface to, ib.
• Inglis, Sir Robert Harry, M. P., quoted, [99].
• Italy, travels in, [147], [148].
• Jeffrey, Lord, quoted, [33].
• Kentish Town, life at, [3] et seq.
• Lincoln, Lord, introduces a Sanitary Reform Bill, [110].
• London, Bishop of, moves in House of Lords for extension of Poor Law Board inquiries, [71].
• London, Dr Southwood Smith removes to, [16]—
  • report on eastern districts of, [61] et seq.
• Maclean, Dr, referred to, [18].
• Martock, Dr Southwood Smith born at, [7].
• "Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes," founding of, [93].
• "Metropolitan Sanitary Commission" appointed, [122].
• Mines, child labour in, [73].
• "Model Dwellings," building of first, [94].
• Morpeth, Lord, quoted, [100]—
  • brings forward Bill for "Improving the Health of Towns in England," [122] et seq.—
  • letter to, [128].
• Normanby, Marquis of, visits Bethnal Green and Whitechapel with Dr Southwood Smith, [69]—
  • referred to, [100]—
  • his "Drainage of Buildings Bill," [104].
• 'Origin and Progress of Sanitary Reform,' by T. Jones Howell, quoted, [32].
• Palmerston, Viscount, letter from, [137].
• 'Penny Encyclopædia,' Dr Southwood Smith contributes to, [36].
• 'Philosophy of Health, The,' [47]—
  • revision of, [140].
• Procter, Adelaide, quotation from, [150].
• Public Health Act, 1848, passed, [126].
• "Quarantine Laws," articles on, [31].
• Read, Miss Anne, attachment of Dr Southwood Smith to, [8]—
  • marriage of, [9]—
  • death of, ib.
• Recognition of public services of Dr Southwood Smith, [143], [162].
• "Report on the Physical Causes of Sickness and Mortality," &c., [61]—
  • extracts from, ib. et seq.
• "Report on the Prevalence of Fever in Twenty Metropolitan Unions in 1838," [68].
• 'Results of Sanitary Improvement,' publication of, [141].
• Ryland, Dr, reference to, [8].
• Sanatorium, founding of the, [81].
• Sanitary Reform, Dr Southwood Smith's first writings on, [17]—
  • beginning of the movement for, [60] et seq.—
  • struggle for, [102] et seq.—
  • Parliamentary Committee appointed, [103]—
  • Mr Chadwick's report, [105]—
  • "Health of Towns Commission," ib.—
  • "Public Health Act, 1848," passed, [126].
• Shaftesbury, Lord, letter from, [142]—
  • quotation from diary of, [153].
• Slaney, Mr, M.P., quoted, [99]—
  • obtains committee to inquire into sanitary state of large towns in England, [103].
• Smith, Caroline Southwood, [9].
• Smith, Emily Southwood, [9].
• Smith, Dr Thomas Southwood, author's recollections of, [1] et seq.—
  • birth and early years, [7]—
  • his education and preparation for the ministry, ib.—
  • cast off by his family on account of religious views, [8]—
  • attachment to Miss Anne Read, ib.—
  • marriage, [9]—
  • death of his wife, ib.—
  • decides to study medicine and enters Edinburgh University, ib.—
  • conducts religious services in Edinburgh, [10]—
  • writes his 'Illustrations of the Divine Government,' [12]—
  • starts practice at Yeovil, [14]—
  • removes to London, [16]—
  • second marriage, ib.—
  • appointed physician to the London Fever Hospital, the Eastern Dispensary, and the Jews' Hospital, ib.—
  • his first writings on the "Sanitary Question," [17]—
  • publishes his 'Treatise on Fever,' [24]—
  • house at Trinity Square broken up, [35]—
  • contributes to the 'Penny Encyclopædia,' [36]—
  • assists in founding the 'Westminster Review,' ib.—
  • publishes pamphlet on 'The Use of the Dead to the Living,' [40]—
  • lectures at Webb Street School of Anatomy, [42]—
  • delivers popular lectures at London Institution and elsewhere, [43]—
  • his oration on Jeremy Bentham, [46]—
  • publishes 'The Philosophy of Health,' [47]—
  • appointed to the Factory Commission, [53]—
  • reports to the Poor Law Commissioners on eastern districts of London, [61]—
  • member of "Children's Employment Commission," [73]—
  • assists in founding "The Sanatorium," [81]—
  • correspondence with Charles Dickens, [85] et seq.—
  • forms the "Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes," [93]—
  • removes to Highgate, [94]—
  • founds the "Health of Towns Association," [98], [107]—
  • his efforts on behalf of Sanitary Reform, [102] et seq.—
  • issues an "Address to the Working Classes," [111]—
  • is appointed member of the "Metropolitan Sanitary Commission," [122]—
  • appointed to General Board of Health, [127]—
  • letter to Lord Morpeth, [128]—
  • retires from public life, [139]—
  • revises 'The Philosophy of Health,' [140]—
  • writes pamphlet on 'Results of Sanitary Improvement,' [141]—
  • lectures on "Epidemics" at Edinburgh, ib.—
  • receives public recognition of his services, [143]—
  • travels in Italy, [147]—
  • death of his wife, [148]—
  • returns to Italy, ib.—
  • death, ib.
• Taylor, Mr, letter from, [157].
• Tooke, Mr, member of Factory Commission, [53].
• 'Treatise on Fever,' publication of, [24]—
  • opinion of 'The Medico-Chirurgical Review' on, ib.—
  • quotations from, [25] et seq., [30].
• 'Use of the Dead to the Living, The,' [40].
• 'Westminster Review,' Dr Southwood Smith's contributions to, [17]—
  • founding of, [36].
• Workhouses, Dr Southwood Smith draws attention to state of, [66].
• Yeovil, Dr Southwood Smith begins practice and takes charge of congregation at, [14]—
  • leaves for London, [16].

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