Vaccination and pestilence in Victorian London
The piece argues civilisation fails without responsibility, urging action on sanitary reform and vaccination. It cites scarlet fever and smallpox outbreaks, praises vaccination as a preventive, and critiques Islington’s public vaccination efforts and bungling by vaccinators. It stresses individual and administrative duty to curb disease.
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Metropolis
London
Paris
Berlin
Hampstead Hospital
Lancet Metropolitan Sanitary Commission
Islington
Privy Council
Lancet
M P S And Their Constituents In Halifax Meeting
MP Stansfeld visited Halifax for a week and criticized parts of the Government education measure while supporting others. He urged compulsion on religious education, backed repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts conditionally, and hinted at future bills including Ballot, University Tests, and licensing reform. Otway addressed Chatham constituents afterward wishing well to Gladstone and Bright.
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Mr. Stansfeld
Halifax
Forster
Stannfeld
Stomsfeld
Stansfeld
House of ‘Lords
Otway
M.P
Chatham
Gladstone
Bright
War and Foreign Policy Debate Sparks Confidence Vote
MPs discussed health of leaders and resignations, with Mr Gladstone and Karl Granville approving motives behind a ministerial step. Otway urged a firm foreign policy, opposed weakness, and favored end to the war with neutral powers' intervention. Brighton MPs praised defences, criticized education policy, and passed a vote of confidence in both members.
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Lord Clarendon
House of Commons
Mr. Gladstone
Karl Granville
Italy
Otway
England
London
Brighton
White
France
Gladatone
Perdons
Duke ‘of
Cambridge
Fatveett
Government of National Defense
Dean of Westminster Lecture on Jerusalem Visit
The Dean of Westminster presided at a Monday night lecture by Rev Newmen Hall on his Jerusalem journey. The talk stressed recreation for workers, secular in tone but aiming to uplift, and highlighted the Holy Land’s universal religious significance and the shared reverence at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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Dean Stanley
Newmen Hall
Jerusalem
Sedan
Rowland Hill
Eens
Holy Land
Greece
Egypt
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Persian illuminated manuscript sold for 205 pounds
A richly decorated Persian manuscript with sixty full page miniatures and extensive gold and color ornamentation sold by Messrs. Paitick and Simpson of Leicester Square for 205 pounds in a recent sale.
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Messrs
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