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Author Niemi, Marjaana

Title Public Health and Municipal Policy Making : Britain and Sweden, 1900-1940
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (228 pages)
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; General Editorsâ#x80;#x99; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Knowledge and the City; Scientific Knowledge and Urban Governance; Public Health Officers; Committee Members and City Councillors; Constructed Knowledge and Engineered Ignorance; 2 Industrial Cities; Social Classes and Urban Space; Housing; Economy and Employment; The Family; 3 Policy Legacies; Swedish Public Health Strategies; British Public Health Strategies; Public Health Strategies and the New Hygiene
4 Regulating Family Life: Campaigns Against Infant Mortality, 1900â#x80;#x93;1940Introduction; Dysfunctional Families: Two Definitions of One Problem; Infant Welfare Campaigns and Urban Politics; Conclusion; 5 Shaping Urban Society: Campaigns Against Tuberculosis, 1900â#x80;#x93;1940; Homes and Habits: Two Definitions of Tuberculosis; Anti-tuberculosis Campaigns and Urban Politics; For or Against the BCG Vaccination?; Conclusion; 6 Contesting and Negotiating Public Health Policies; Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Reform Activities; The Working Class and Tuberculosis; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion
Unruly Urban Life and Neat Scientific CategoriesChoosing the â#x80;#x98;Rightâ#x80;#x99; Results; Rival Interpretations; Science and Urban Society; Bibliography
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Subject Medical care-Political aspects-Great Britain
Medical policy-Great Britain
Medical policy-Sweden
Public health-Political aspects-Great Britain
Public health-Political aspects-Sweden
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317073680
1317073681