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Background imagePublic Health Collection: Water! Water! Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink, 1849

Water! Water! Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink, 1849. Comment on the London water supply during the reappearance of cholera in 1848 and 1849

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Portrait of Louis Pasteur, study, 1885. Creator: Albert Edelfelt

Portrait of Louis Pasteur, study, 1885. Creator: Albert Edelfelt
Portrait of Louis Pasteur, study, 1885

Background imagePublic Health Collection: A ward in the Hampstead Smallpox Hospital, 1871. Creator: Unknown

A ward in the Hampstead Smallpox Hospital, 1871. Creator: Unknown
A ward in the Hampstead Smallpox Hospital, [London], 1871. 'The daily papers have filled many of their columns...with the painful details of evidence taken in the inquiry ordered by the Local

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Dr. Perry Schurtz, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Dr. Perry Schurtz, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Dr. Perry Schurtz, between c1915 and c1920

Background imagePublic Health Collection: N.Y. City lodging house - vaccinating, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

N.Y. City lodging house - vaccinating, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y. City lodging house - vaccinating, 1914. Shows a doctor giving a shot to a man at the Municipal Lodging House of New York City, which opened in February 1909 at 432-438 East 25th Street

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Dr. Pastuer [i.e. Pasteur], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Dr. Pastuer [i.e. Pasteur], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Dr. Pastuer [i.e. Pasteur], between c1910 and c1915. Shows Dr. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

Background imagePublic Health Collection: White Wings under police protection, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

White Wings under police protection, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
White Wings under police protection, 1911. Shows men dressed in white uniforms and hats sweeping garbage in the streets, during a New York City garbage strike, Nov. 8-11, 1911

Background imagePublic Health Collection: White Wings who have not struck, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

White Wings who have not struck, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
White Wings who have not struck, 1911. Shows men in white uniforms and hats with brooms in the street to sweep trash during the New York City garbage strike, Nov. 8-11, 1911

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Uvarov and Volkov, collecting donations for the benefit of those wounded in World War I

Uvarov and Volkov, collecting donations for the benefit of those wounded in World War I, 1910-1919. Creator: S. E
Uvarov and Volkov, collecting donations for the benefit of those wounded in World War I, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth

Background imagePublic Health Collection: A young married couple, participants in the To Fight Consumption campaign, 1913. Creator: Unknown

A young married couple, participants in the To Fight Consumption campaign, 1913. Creator: Unknown
A young married couple, participants in the To Fight Consumption campaign, 1913. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Drinking-Fountain by Mr. J. Durham. A.R.A. in the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1876

Drinking-Fountain by Mr. J. Durham. A.R.A. in the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Drinking-Fountain by Mr. J. Durham. A.R.A. in the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1876. The bronze double drinking-fountain, designed by Mr. Joseph Durham...was originally intended by Mr

Background imagePublic Health Collection: AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask

Background imagePublic Health Collection: AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - A plague doctor, 17th century, (2023). Physician who treated victims of bubonic plague, wearing an ankle-length overcoat and a bird-like beak mask

Background imagePublic Health Collection: The late Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health, 1876. Creator: Unknown

The late Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The late Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Barraud and Jerrard. Henry Letheby...was a lecturer on chemistry

Background imagePublic Health Collection: New drinking-fountain at Scarborough, 1860. Creator: Unknown

New drinking-fountain at Scarborough, 1860. Creator: Unknown
New drinking-fountain at Scarborough, 1860. A drinking-fountain has recently been erected in Scarborough, near the gate which gives admission to the Castle Holms

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Bust of Dr. Randle Wilbraham Falconer, late Mayor of Bath, 1860. Creator: Unknown

Bust of Dr. Randle Wilbraham Falconer, late Mayor of Bath, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Bust of Dr. Randle Wilbraham Falconer, late Mayor of Bath, 1860. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. E. Flukes, of Bath. The bust...is in bronze, and was executed by a well-known artist, M

Background imagePublic Health Collection: William Crawford Gorgas, Surgeon General, U.S.A. 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

William Crawford Gorgas, Surgeon General, U.S.A. 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
William C. Gorgas, Surgeon General, U.S. Army, 1914. Head of the Panama Canal Zone Sanitation Commission, his work on limiting the transmission of yellow fever

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Victor George Heiser, Physician, Hygienist, U.S. Public Health... 1913. Creator: Unknown

Victor George Heiser, Physician, Hygienist, U.S. Public Health... 1913. Creator: Unknown
Victor George Heiser, Physician, Hygienist, U.S. Public Health, Medical Director, Reserve Corps, 1913

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Hygiene Laboratory, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Hygiene Laboratory, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Hygiene Laboratory, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Hygiene Laboratory, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Hygiene Laboratory, 1913

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Hygiene Laboratory, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Hygiene Laboratory, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Hygiene Laboratory, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Hygiene Laboratory, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Hygiene Laboratory, 1913

Background imagePublic Health Collection: J.D. Long, Medical Director, Public Health Service, 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. J.D

J.D. Long, Medical Director, Public Health Service, 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. J.D
J.D. Long, Medical Director, Public Health Service, 1923

Background imagePublic Health Collection: U.S. Public Health Service building, B St. SE, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S

U.S. Public Health Service building, B St. SE, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S
U.S. Public Health Service building, B St. SE, between 1910 and 1920

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Cabins at the Delta cooperative farm, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cabins at the Delta cooperative farm, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cabins at the Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi. [Porches with mosquito screens]

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Cabins at the Delta cooperative farms, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cabins at the Delta cooperative farms, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cabins at the Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi. Screen windows and porches are uncommon in cotton cabins

Background imagePublic Health Collection: One of Delta cooperative farmsteads after a year of operation, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937

One of Delta cooperative farmsteads after a year of operation, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of Delta cooperative farmsteads after a year of operation. Hillhouse, Mississippi. [Porch with mosquito screens]

Background imagePublic Health Collection: The St. Marylebone Baths and Washhouses, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The St. Marylebone Baths and Washhouses, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The St. Marylebone Baths and Washhouses, [London], 1850. New building with...separate entrances for the different classes

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California, 1936

Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California, 1936
Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California. [Sign: Warning! No Visitors. By Order of Health Officer']

Background imagePublic Health Collection: California migrant camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

California migrant camp, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
California migrant camp

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Squatter camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Squatter camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp. California

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Newcomers at Santa Anita Park Assembly Center in Arcadia, California, receive vaccination against smallpox and typhoid fever. Under direction of Dr

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant camp, California

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Garbage disposal, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Garbage disposal, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Garbage disposal. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Background imagePublic Health Collection: No garbage disposal, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

No garbage disposal, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
No garbage disposal. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Cotton laborer's house, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton laborer's house, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton laborer's house. Louisiana. [Cardboard box: Duble Heder Ice Cream Cones']

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Memorial fountain at Dublin to the late Sir Philip Crampton... 1862. Creator: Unknown

Memorial fountain at Dublin to the late Sir Philip Crampton... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Memorial fountain at Dublin to the late Sir Philip Crampton, surgeon-general of Her Majesty's forces, 1862. The fountain was designed by Mr

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Three children waiting in the kitchen while their mother prepares the... Washington, D.C, 1942

Three children waiting in the kitchen while their mother prepares the... Washington, D.C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Three children waiting in the kitchen while their mother prepares the evening meal

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Elderly couple eating dinner at their home on Lamont Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 1942

Elderly couple eating dinner at their home on Lamont Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Elderly couple eating dinner at their home on Lamont Street, N.W

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Child seriously ill from an infection caused by a rat bite in her home... Washington, D.C. 1942

Child seriously ill from an infection caused by a rat bite in her home... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Child seriously ill from an infection caused by a rat bite in her home in the Southwest section

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Street scene showing open trash cans along the curb, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

Street scene showing open trash cans along the curb, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. Street scene showing open trash cans along the curb

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939

Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers, near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California, 1939
Sanitary facilities in camp of carrot pullers. Near Holtville, Imperial Valley, California

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Interior of Dougherty basement house, Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

Interior of Dougherty basement house, Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Interior of Dougherty basement house. Mrs. Dougherty thinks it useless to put in screens since the house has so many cracks. [Note flies]. Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Toilet for ten cabins, men, women, and children, Arkansawyers auto camp, Greenfield, CA, 1939

Toilet for ten cabins, men, women, and children, Arkansawyers auto camp, Greenfield, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Toilet for ten cabins, men, women, and children. In Arkansawyers auto camp. Greenfield, California. [Sign: Do not throw cans in garbage ]

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Toilet for ten cabins, men, women... in auto camp... Greenfield, Salinas Valley, CA, 1939

Toilet for ten cabins, men, women... in auto camp... Greenfield, Salinas Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Toilet for ten cabins, men, women and children in auto camp for Arkansawyers, recent migrants to California. Rent for cabins ten dollars a month. Greenfield, Salinas Valley, California

Background imagePublic Health Collection: The Dog Killer, 1870s. Creator: William P. Chappel

The Dog Killer, 1870s. Creator: William P. Chappel
The Dog Killer, 1870s

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Decree of the Committee for Public Health, 5 September 1795, (1921). Creator: Unknown

Decree of the Committee for Public Health, 5 September 1795, (1921). Creator: Unknown
Decree of the Committee for Public Health, 5 September 1795, (1921). Arrete du Comite de Salut public, 19 fructidor an III. Radiation du general Buonaparte du tableau des officiers generaux employes

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Mead, (1673-1754), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Mead, (1673-1754), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Mead, (1673-1754), 1830. Richard Mead (1673-1754) English physician and Epidemiologist whose work led to an understanding of transmissible diseases

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Henry W. Acland, Esq D. F. R. S. &c, 1850s. Creator: Daniel John Pound

Henry W. Acland, Esq D. F. R. S. &c, 1850s. Creator: Daniel John Pound
Henry W. Acland, Esq..D. F.R.S. &c, 1850s. Portrait of British physician Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Bt (1815-1900). Acland served as personal physician to the then Prince of Wales on his tour of

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Worthing Water-Works, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Worthing Water-Works, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Worthing Water-Works, 1858....one of the most favourable and successful examples of sanitary works executed under the authority of the Public Health Act...as the population [of Worthing] increased

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Food, Southern California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Food, Southern California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Food. Southern California

Background imagePublic Health Collection: The International Exhibition: Spencer's patent magnetic purifying-filter, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Spencer's patent magnetic purifying-filter, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Spencer's patent magnetic purifying-filter, 1862. This filter has secured for its inventor, Mr

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Attendants bathing boys at the Sun Court Cleansing Station, London, 1914

Attendants bathing boys at the Sun Court Cleansing Station, London, 1914
Attendants bathing boys at the Sun Court Cleansing Station, City of London, 1914. Sombre scene of women and boys in a tiled bathroom. At this time many people had no bathroom at home

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Nurse using a steriliser in the bathroom at Chaucer Cleansing Station, London, 1911

Nurse using a steriliser in the bathroom at Chaucer Cleansing Station, London, 1911
Nurse using a steriliser in the bathroom at Chaucer LCC Cleansing Station, Stepney, London, 1911

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Nurse cutting childrens verminous hair, Finch Street Cleansing Station, London, 1911

Nurse cutting childrens verminous hair, Finch Street Cleansing Station, London, 1911
Nurse cutting childrens verminous hair, Finch Street Cleansing Station, Stepney, London, 1911. A nurse treats children whose hair is infested with lice and nits

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Children on their way to Finch Street Cleansing Station, Stepney, London, 1911

Children on their way to Finch Street Cleansing Station, Stepney, London, 1911. A group of children shepherded by a cloaked attendant

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Girls drying their hair by the fire after a bath, Chaucer Cleansing Station, London, 1911

Girls drying their hair by the fire after a bath, Chaucer Cleansing Station, London, 1911
Girls drying their hair by the fire after a bath, Chaucer LCC Cleansing Station, London, 1911. Four girls wrapped in blankets drying by a fire after being cleansed

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Nurse examining children before cleansing, Chaucer Cleansing Station, London, 1911

Nurse examining children before cleansing, Chaucer Cleansing Station, London, 1911
Nurse examining children before cleansing, Chaucer LCC Cleansing Station, London, 1911. A nurse inspects children for lice and other infestations before they are washed

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Attendants bathing boys at the Central Street Cleansing Station, London, 1914

Attendants bathing boys at the Central Street Cleansing Station, London, 1914. Women wash boys in bath tubs; most homes at this time had no bathroom and children could suffer form lice

Background imagePublic Health Collection: A nurse examines girls hair, Central Street Cleansing Station, London, 1914

A nurse examines girls hair, Central Street Cleansing Station, London, 1914. Woman checking for head lice; on the table is a bowl of cut hair

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Repair of the Fleet sewer, City of London, 1854

Repair of the Fleet sewer, City of London, 1854. From the Illustrated London News

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Interior of the Fleet Ditch at the back of Field Lane, City of London, 1851. Artist

Interior of the Fleet Ditch at the back of Field Lane, City of London, 1851. Artist
Interior of the Fleet Ditch at the back of Field Lane, City of London, 1851. Showing a man holding a ladder, behind him lies part of a mammals skeleton

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Sir Edwin Chadwick, British physician and social reformer, 19th century (1956)

Sir Edwin Chadwick, British physician and social reformer, 19th century (1956)
Sir Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer, 19th century (1956). Chadwick (1800-1890) was largely responsible for devising the system under which the country was divided into groups of parishes

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Russian health poster, c1935

Russian health poster, c1935. From The Studio Volume 109. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1935]

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Sir Joseph Bazalgette, CB, British civil engineer, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield

Sir Joseph Bazalgette, CB, British civil engineer, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Sir Joseph Bazalgette, CB, British civil engineer, 1877. Bazalgettes major achievements were in the field of public health engineering

Background imagePublic Health Collection: A Court for King Cholera, 1852

A Court for King Cholera, 1852. A scene typical of the crowded, unsanitary conditions in London slums. Cholera first appeared in Britain in 1831

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Smallpox hospital, St Pancras, London, c1800

Smallpox hospital, St Pancras, London, c1800. Fever (isolation) hospitals for highly infectious diseases were built outside cities

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Waterworks at York Buildings, Strand, supplying water to London from the Thames, 1790

Waterworks at York Buildings, Strand, supplying water to London from the Thames, 1790. Westminster Bridge can be seen in the background

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Mistaking Cause for Effect, 1849

Mistaking Cause for Effect, 1849. A boy thinks the Water Board man is turning on cholera. Cholera first appeared in Britain in 1831

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Max von Pettenkofer (1818-1901), German chemist and physician

Max von Pettenkofer (1818-1901), German chemist and physician, Professor of Hygiene, Munich University, from 1865. Engraving

Background imagePublic Health Collection: Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891), English civil engineer, 1887

Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891), English civil engineer, 1887. Bazalgettes major achievements were in the field of public health engineering


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