Brother of Lewis Burtt.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Burtt
Commemorated ati
Hoxton Market Christian Mission
London Borough of Hackney Lewis "Daddy" Burtt, 1860 - 1935, John Burtt, 1855...
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Edith S. Kerrison
The first woman to serve on the West Ham council and an advocate of welfare for women and children. Was offered the Mayoralty but in view of her advancing years and increasing deafness she declined...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
1 memorial
Bedford Institute / Quaker Social Action
Established in the East End as the Bedford Institute Association to act on Education, Religious Effort, Moral Training, and Relief of the sick and destitute. Named for the Quaker silk merchant and ...
2 memorials
Metropolitan Asylums Board
A campaign by Florence Nightingale and Edwin Chadwick led to the establishment of this board.  It dealt with London's sick poor (but excluding those in Penge, for some reason), those with infectio...
1 memorial
Family allowances
Pioneered by Eleanor Rathbone, specified in the 1942 Beveridge Report, Family Allowances were introduced in a 1945 Act of Parliament and came into operation in 1946.  It was the first time that a f...
1 memorial
Maud(e) Stanley
A youth work pioneer who produced an early comprehensive youth work text - and helped to found the London Union of Girls Clubs. Daughter of Lady Stanley. Founded the Soho Club and Home for Working ...
1 memorial
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