This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
19th century cholera outbreaks
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Cholera - Hampstead - 1849
This building was erected by voluntary contributions for a dispensary and sou...
Cholera - Lambeth - 1848-9
We are tempted to write a letter to the Times ourselves, bemoaning the excess...
Dr John Snow - site of pump
The red granite kerbstone marks the site of the historic Broad Street pump as...
Other Subjects
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital
The hospital's founder was Dr Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. This hospital provides women-centred services including the right of a woman to be treated by a female doctor.
Western Dispensary
From AIM25:"The Western Dispensary was founded in Charles Street, Westminster, in 1789, 'for gratuitously administering advice, medicines and attendance to the poor inhabitants of the City of Westm...
Walter Reed
American army surgeon prominent in proving that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes. Born Belroi, Virginia. Died Washington.
Commonwealth and African NHS staff
Around 40,000 nurses and midwives from around the Commonwealth, notably Africa and the Caribbean, came to the UK from its inception in 1948 to the mid-70’s to work in the fledgling NHS, which was f...
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