Arthur Newsholme
| School of Hygiene and | and |
| Public Health, | Athenaeum Club, |
| Johns Hopkins University, | London, |
| Baltimore, | May, 1920 |
CONTENTS
LECTURE I
Public Health Progress in England during
the Last Fifty Years [1-41]
Parallelism of Events in Old and New England.
The Utilization of Lay Workers in Public Health Work.
The Influence of Urbanization and Industrialism.
Laissez faire Economic Teaching.
Man and his Environment.
Dirt and Disease.
Cholera, Typhoid Fever, Typhus Fever.
Summary of Results in Life-Saving.
Specific Causation of Disease.
Importance and Present Limitations of Epidemiology.
The Importance of Vital Statistics.
Conditions of Medical Practice Bearing on Public Health.
Poor-law versus Public Health.
Insurance versus Public Health.
A National Medical Service.
Hospitals Important Housing Auxiliaries.
The Need to Avoid Complacency.
LECTURE II
Historical Development of Public Health
Policy in England [42-70]
Town-Dwelling and Health Problems.
The Scope of Public Health Work.
Reform in the Control of Poverty.
Reform in Industry.
Public Health Reform.
Education Authorities and Health.
The Ad Hoc Vice.
Principles of Local Government.
The Training and Tenure of Office of Medical Officers of Health.
The National Insurance Act and Public Health.
Provision for Sickness.
General Summary.