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Inequalities in health, in terms of both empirical evidence and policies to tackle their reduction, are currently high on the research and political agendas. This reader provides two centuries of historical context to the current debate. Poverty, inequality and health in Britain: 1800-2000 presents extracts from classic texts on the subject of poverty, inequality and health in Britain. For the first time, these key resources are presented in a single volume. Each extract is accompanied by information about the author, and an introduction by the editors draws together themes of change and continuity over two hundred years. Some extracts present empirical evidence of the relationship of poverty and health, while others describe the gritty reality of the everyday struggles of the poor. This book will be of interest to students, researchers, academics and policy makers working in a range of disciplines: the social sciences, historical studies and health. It will also be of interest to all those concerned with tackling health inequalities and social justice generally. Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion series Series Editor: David Gordon, Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research. Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely available. For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.
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STUDIES IN POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
Poverty, inequality and health in Britain
18002000: A reader
Edited by George Davey Smith, Daniel Dorling and Mary Shaw
POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND HEALTH IN BRITAIN: 18002000 A reader
Edited with an introduction by George Davey Smith, Daniel Dorling and Mary Shaw
First published in Great Britain in 2001 by Policy Press University of Bristol 1-9 Old Park Hill Bristol BS2 8BB UK t: +44 (0)117 954 5940 e: pp-info@bristol.ac.uk www.policypress.co.uk North American office: Policy Press c/o The University of Chicago Press 1427 East 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637, USA t: +1 773 702 7700 f: +1 773-702-9756 e:sales@press.uchicago.edu www.press.uchicago.edu © The Policy Press 2001 Reprinted 2004, 2006
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Contents
[Note: first date given is the original date of publication; subsequent dates refer to reprints and the final date is the edition from which the extract is taken.]
Sources and acknowledgements Acknowledgements Introduction Fur ther reading Timeline
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Clarkson,T. (1788)An essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade
Clarkson,T. (1785,1817)An essay on the slaver y and commerce of the human species, particularly the African
Malthus,T. (1798, 1985An essay on the principle of population
Factory Inquiry Commission Report (1833)
Farr,W. (1837, 1885, 1975)Vital statistics
Chadwick, E. (1842, 1965)Report on the sanitar y conditions of the labouring population of Gt Britain
Engels, F. (1845, 1987)The condition of the working class in England
Mayhew, H. (185152)London labour and the London poor
Marx, K. (1864, 1992)Inaugural address of the International Working Men’s Association
Rowntree, B.S. (1901, 1971)Poverty: A study of town life
Booth, C. (19023, 1967)On the city: Physical pattern and social structure
Pember Reeves, M.S. (1913, 1988)Round about a pound a week
Tressell, R. (1914, 1955)The ragged trousered philanthropists
Collis, E.L. and Greenwood, M.(1921)The health of the industrial worker
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White, F.W. (1928)‘Natural and social selection: a ‘BlueBook’ analysis’ 161
15.M’Gonigle, G.C.M. and Kirby, J. (1936)Poverty and public health
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Boyd Orr, J. (1936, 1937)Food, health and income
Hannington,W. (1937)The problem of distressed areas
Spring Rice, M. (1939)Workingclass wives:Their health and conditions
19.Beveridge,W. (1942)Social Insurance and Allied Ser vices
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Titmuss, R. (1943)Birth, poverty and wealth
Morris, J.N. (1944)Health
Hewetson, J. (1946)Illhealth, poverty and the state
Bevan, A. (1947)In place of fear
AbelSmith, B. and Townsend, P. (1965)The poor and the poorest
Roberts, R. (1971)The classic slum: Salford life in the first quarter of the centur y
Tudor Hart, J.(1971)‘The inverse care law’
Inequalities in health: Report of a Research Working Group chaired by Sir Douglas Black (The Black Report)(1980)
28Inquir y . Independent into Inequalities in Health (The Acheson Report)(1998)
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Clarkson,T. (1788)An essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade (2nd edn), printed and sold by J. Phillips, GeorgeYard, Lombard Street, London, pp 537 Photograph of Thomas Clarkson from www.spar tacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ REclarkson.htm
Clarkson,T. (1785, 1817)An essay on the slaver y and commerce of the human species, particularly the African(translated from a Latin disser tation, which was honoured with the first prize in the University of Cambridge for the year 1785, with additions), printed by J. Phillips, GeorgeYard, Lombard Street, London, pp 13855
Malthus,T. (1798, 1985)An essay on the principle of population and summar y view of the principles of population, Penguin, London, pp 93 103 Photograph of Thomas Malthus from www.twist.lib.uiowa.edu/ wproblems/rights/malthus.html
Factory Inquiry Commission Report(1833)Parliamentar y Papers, vol XX, microfiche, pp 2532 Photograph of factor y from www.spar tacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ IRinspectors.htm, taken from E. Baines (1835)Histor y of cotton manufacture
Farr,W. (1837, 1885, 1975)Vital statistics: A memorial volume of selections from the reports and writings of William Farr(with an introduction by Mervyn Susser and Abraham Adelstein),The Scarecrow Press Inc, Metuchen, NJ, pp 14755 Photograph of William Farr fromVital statistics
Chadwick, E. (1842, 1965)Report on the sanitar y conditions of the labouring population of Gt Britain(with an introduction by M.W. Flinn), Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp 396403 Photograph of Edwin Chadwick reproduced by kind permission of The Wellcome Trust
Engels, F. (1845, 1987)The condition of the working class in England (edited with a foreword by Victor Kiernan), Penguin Books, Harmondswor th, pp 1009, 12738 Photograph of Friedrich Engels from www.newyouth.com/archives/ imagegaller y/engels/fredrick_engels_at_age_20/
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Mayhew, H. (185152)London labour and the London poor (selections made and introduced by Victor Neuberg), Penguin, London, pp 1736 Drawings of Henry Mayhew and the mudlark fromLondon labour and the London poor
Marx, K. (1864, 1992)‘Inaugural address of the International Working Men’s Association’ in K. Marx (1992)The First International and after,Political Writings: Volume 3, Penguin Classics, London, pp 7381 Photograph of Karl Marx from www.appstate.edu/~stanovskydj/ marxfiles.html
Rowntree, B.S. (1901, 1971)study of town lifePoverty: A , Howard Fer tig, New York, NY, pp 23547 Text reproduced by kind permisison of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Booth, C. (19023, 1967)On the city: Physical pattern and social structure(selected writings, edited with an introduction by Harold W. Pfautz), University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL and London, pp 173 84 and 2439 Charles Booth’s Map from London Topographical Society (1889) Permission to reproduce photograph of Charles Booth and his family by kind permission of Belinda Norman Butler
Pember Reeves, M.S. (1913, 1988)Round about a pound a week, reprinted by Virago Press, London (originally G. Bell & Sons Ltd), pp 17694 Text reproduced by kind permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Photograph of Maud Pember Reeves from www.spar tacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PHpember.htm
Tressell, R. (1914, 1955)The ragged trousered philanthropists, Lawrence & Wishar t, London, pp 538 Text reproduced by kind permission of Lawrence & Wishar t Photograph of Rober t Tressell from www.1066.net/tressell/index.htm
13.Collis, E.L. and Greenwood, M.(1921)The health of the industrial worker,J. and A. Churchill, 7 Great Marlborough Street, London, pp 12642 Permission to reproduce the text sought Photograph of protective clothing fromThe health of the industrial worker
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White, F.W. (1928)‘Natural and social selection: a ‘BlueBook’ analysis’,Eugenics Review, vol 20, pp 98104 Illustration of poster from www.xenith.com/ar ticles.htm
15.M’Gonigle, G.C.M. and Kirby, J. (1936)Poverty and public health, Victor Gollancz, London, pp 10829 Text reproduced by kind permission of The Orion Publishing Group Section from diagram fromPoverty and public health
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Boyd Orr, J. (1936, 1937)Food, health and income,Repor t on a survey of adequacy of diet in relation to income, Macmillan, London, pp 4456 Text reproduced by kind permission of Palgrave Publishers Ltd for Macmillan Ltd Photograph of family meal from J. Boyd Orr (1943)Food and the people
17.Hannington,W. (1937)The problem of distressed areas,Victor Gollancz, London, pp 5676 Text reproduced by kind permission of the Orion Publishing Group Photograph of ‘Search for employment’ fromThe problem of distressed areas
18.Spring Rice, M. (1939)Workingclass wives:Their health and conditions,th, pp 94106Pelican Books, Harmondswor Permission to reproduce text sought Photograph of children by Edith Tudor Har t fromWorkingclass wives
19.Beveridge,W. (1942)Social Insurance and Allied Ser vices,Cmnd 6404, HMSO, London, Par t 1 Photograph of William Beveridge reproduced by kind permission of The Wellcome Trust
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Titmuss, R. (1943)Birth, poverty and wealth,Hamish Hamilton Medical Books, London, pp 1121 Text and photograph of Richard Titmuss reproduced by kind permission of Ann Oakley
Morris, J.N. (1944)Health,no 6, Handbooks for Discussion groups, Association for Education in Citizenship, London, pp 121 Permission to reproduce text sought. Permission to reproduce photograph of J.N. Morris from www.jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/hill/54/12/88/a sought
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Hewetson, J. (1946)Illhealth, poverty and the state,Freedom Press, London, pp 6279 Text and photograph of John Hewetson reproduced by kind permission of the Freedom Press
Bevan,A. (1947)In place of fear,William Heinemann, London, pp 73 80 Text reproduced by kind permission of David Higham Associates Limited Photograph of Aneurin Bevan from www.oheschools.org/ check4pg1.html
AbelSmith, B. and Townsend, P. (1965)The poor and the poorest, G. Bell & Sons, London, pp 5864 Permission to reproduce the text sought Photograph of children kindly provided by Peter Townsend
Roberts, R. (1971)The classic slum: Salford life in the first quarter of the centur y,Penguin, London, pp 7581, 1029 Permission to reproduce the text sought Photograph of corner shop fromThe classic slum© Samuel Coulthurst, Worsley
Tudor Hart, J.(1971)‘The inverse care law’,The Lancet, 27 Februar y, pp 40612 Text reproduced by kind permission of The Lancet Drawing kindly provided by Julian Tudor Har t
Inequalities in health: Report of a Research Working Group chaired by Sir Douglas Black (The Black Report) (1980) Inequalities in health: The Black Report and the health divide, Penguin, London, pp 198208 Permission to reproduce text sought
Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health(1998)The Stationery Office, London, pp 1025, 2931 Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
Acknowledgements
Mary Shaw is funded by ESRC Fellowship R000271045. Thanks to Elaine Osborne and Maureen Rosindale for their diligent copytyping, and to MarieClaire Hamilton and Clare Snadden for their assistance in preparing the typescript. Thanks to the Special Collections staff of the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds and the staff at the libraries of the University of Bristol. Thanks to Jonathan Tooby for invaluable assistance with the illustrations. Thanks to Julian Tudor Hart for his fine penandink drawing and to Peter Townsend for the photograph accompanying Chapter 24. Thanks to Freedom Press for information on, and the photograph, of John Hewetson; to the Labour History Archive and Study Centre, John Rylands University Library of Manchester for information on Wal Hannington; and to Susan McLaurin for information on G.M.C. M’Gonigle. Finally, many thanks to Dawn Rushen, Karen Bowler and Dave Worth and the rest of the editorial and production team at The Policy Press for their enduring patience.
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