... a department of government whose sole function is the distribution of alms, while it is equally obvious that it does fall naturally under a department charged with the maintenance of the public health. Had there been such a department in existence... Parliamentary Papers - Page 4by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1855Full view - About this book
| Great Britain. General Board of Health - Smallpox - 1857 - 302 pages
...charged with the maintenance of the public health. Had there been such a department in existence when vaccination was first made a matter of public concern,...of an act of poor-law relief, is not to soften and to subdue, but to aggravate and add to prejudice, and this has unquestionably been the result (as has... | |
| 1863 - 534 pages
...charged with the maintenance of the public health. Had there been such a department in existence when vaccination was first made a matter of public concern,...of an act of poor-law relief, is not to soften and to subdue, but to aggravate and add to prejudice, and this has unquestionably been the result (as has... | |
| Kevin White, Henry Wyldbore Rumsey - Social Science - 2001 - 456 pages
...would have been placed in their hands ; and it is not only proper, but highly politic, that it should be transferred to them. Vaccination, like many other...these prejudices. But to stamp it with pauperism, or give it even the semblance of an act of Poor-law relief, is not to soften and subdue, but to aggravate... | |
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