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III. The Medical Mission and the Care of the Sick Poor in Nineteenth-Century England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

Kathleen J. Heasman
Kathleen J. Heasman
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Queen Elizabeth College, London
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Extract

Sidney and Beatrice Webb, in their book The State and the Doctor, which was submitted in the first instance as a memorandum to the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws in 1909, dismiss the work of the free dispensaries and medical missions in one short paragraph.

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The Historical Journal , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1964 , pp. 230 - 245
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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References

1 Quoted from the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, 1909, appendix, Vol. III, Qs. 33,690, 33,691Google Scholar.

2 S. and Webb, B., The State and the Doctor (1910), pp. 134–5Google Scholar.

3 Ibid. p. 14, note 2.

4 22nd Annual Report of the Poor Law Board, 186Q-70, p. lii.

5 Medical Missions at Home and Abroad, July 1878.

6 Garlick, P. L., The Wholeness of Man (1943), p. 122Google Scholar.

7 Thomson, W. Burns, Medical Missions (1854)Google Scholar.

8 See Thomson, W. Bums, Rtimmtcencet of Medical Missionary Work (1895)Google Scholar.

9 Ibid. pp. 42-4.

10 Detailed accounts of these missions are to be found in the periodicals, Medical Missions at Home and Abroad (subsequently cited as M.M.) and The Christian (subsequently cited as Ckr.). The following references indicate where these may be found. For a brief account see Heasman, K. J., Evangelicals in Action (London: Bles, 1962)Google Scholar.

11 M.M. Feb. 1886; Chr. 10 March 1870, 4 Feb. 1909.

12 M.M. April 1889.

13 M.M. Jan. 1886; Aug. and Sept. 1888; Chr. II Nov. 1875, 30 Dec. 1875.

14 M.M. June, 1886, Oct. 1888, Aug. 1889, June 1896, Nov. 1897.

15 M.M. Dec. 1887, Jan. 1889, Feb. 1889, April 1899.

16 M.M. June 1890, June 1896, Aug. and Sept. 1898.

17 See Clayton, Louisa, The London Medical Mission (1873) for an account of the St Giles MissionGoogle Scholar.

18 E.A.W., William Fatrlie Clarke (1885), passimGoogle Scholar.

19 M.M. Aug. 1886, Oct. 1888, June 1891, June 1896.

20 Chr. 1 June 1876, 8 June 1882.

21 M.M. Oct. 1887, Feb. 1895.

22 M.M. Jan. 1889, June 1889, May 1894, Dec. 1894, June 1896.

23 M.M. Nov. 1888, June 1889, June 1891; Chr. 10 April 1891, aa April 1909.

24 M.M. June 1891, May 1896, June 1896; Chr. 7 March 1890.

25 M.M. June 1896.

26 M.M. April 1898.

27 Accounts of the medical missions of the Mildmay Institution are also to be found in Cooke, H. J., Mildmay, The Story of the First Deaconess Institution (1893), Ch. IXGoogle Scholar.

28 M.M. Nov. 1885, April 1888.

29 M.M. Oct. 1887.

30 M.M. Dec. 1888, June 1891.

31 M.M. Jan. 1885, Oct. 1888, June 1891, May 1892.

32 Annual Report of the Bedford Institute (1867); MM. Aug. 1890, Oct. 1890.

33 The Family Friend, Aug. 1885.

34 M Annual Reports of the West London Mission, 1887, 1891, 1894.

35 Baptist Times, 6 Dec. 1918; Rose, D. M., Baptist Deaconesses (1954). PP-6–7Google Scholar.

36 Hammond, W. A., Fifteen Years in the Central City Swarm (1912), p. 78. This is an account of the work of the Browning SettlementGoogle Scholar.

37 Annual Report of the Church Army (1895).

38 M.M. Jan. 1883

39 Oakey, Charles, Billingsgate from Within (1933), pp. 3 ff. This is an account of the Billingsgate Christian Mission and DispensaryGoogle Scholar.

40 Chr. 13 Aug. 1896.

41 Chr. 26 May 1898. See also W. Y. Fullerton, J. W. C. Fegan, n.d.

42 See Potter, W., Thomas Jackson of Whitechapel (1929)Google Scholar.

43 See Davies, Patricia, Fifty Years of Midwifery, the Story of Annie McCall (1950)Google Scholar.

44 Chr. 16 Jan. 1873.

45 Chr. 31 Jan. 1890; MM. April 1890.

46 M.M. June 1889, April 1890.

47 M.M. June 1891.

48 Saunden, George, The Healer-Preacher, Sketches of Medical Mission Work (1884), appendix. This book also contains accounts of several of the other medical missionsGoogle Scholar.

49 Chr. 35 Jan. 1873.

50 M.M. Oct. 1884.

51 M.M. July 1885.

52 Webb., op. cit. Ch. VI.

53 See SirTrevelyan, Charles, Metropolitan Medical Relief, a paper read at a C.O.S. conference, 17 April 1877Google Scholar.

54 Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, 1909, Cd. 4499, Part V, para. 105.

55 , Burns, Reminiscences, op. cit. pp. 66–9Google Scholar.

56 These qualifications appear in the Medical Directories of the period.

57 , Burns, Reminiscences, op. cit. p. 182. Cooke, op. cit. p. 50Google Scholar.

58 , Burns, Reminiscences, op. cit. p. 51Google Scholar.

59 , Webb, op. cit. pp. 70–80Google Scholar.

60 M.M. Feb. 1895, June 1891.

61 , Burns, Medical Missions, op. cit. p. 17Google Scholar.

62 , Saunders, op. cit. p. 21Google Scholar.

63 M.M. Oct. 1879.

64 , Saunders, op. cit. p. 108Google Scholar.

65 Royal Commission on the Poor Lava, appendix, Vol. XII, p. 373Google Scholar.

66 , Trevelyan, op. cit. p. 18Google Scholar.

67 These statistics are taken from the accounts of the missions in Medical Missions at Home and Abroad. See previous references.

68 M.M. Jan. 1880.

69 M.M. Oct. 1878.

70 R.C. on the Poor Laws, 1909, appendix, Vol. XII, p. 177.

71 Ibid. p. 375.

72 , Webbs, op. at. p. 32Google Scholar.

73 M.M. April 1881.