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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Saviour's (Southwark) 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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and sensual indulgence, violence and crime. It is the home
that makes the man; it is the home that educates the family.
It is the distinction and the curse of barbarism that it is
without a home: it is the distinction and the blessing of
civilization that it prepares a home in which Christianity
may abide, and guide, and govern."