Chapter XV: Appendix: II

RECOGNITION OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF DR SOUTHWOOD SMITH.

At a Meeting held at the residence of the Earl of Shaftesbury on the 7th of May 1856

IT WAS RESOLVED

That this Meeting, deeply impressed with the untiring and successful
labours of Dr Southwood Smith in the cause of social amelioration,
and specially recognising the value of these labours in the great
cause of

SANITARY IMPROVEMENT,

are anxious to tender him some mark of their personal esteem. That
accordingly a bust of Dr Southwood Smith be executed in marble, and
presented to some suitable institution, as an enduring memorial of
his eminent services in the promotion of the Public Health.

_The following is a List of the Subscribers_:--

Viscount Palmerston, K.G., G.C.B., First Lord of the Treasury.

The Earl of Carlisle, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

The Earl of Harrowby, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

The Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G.

The Marquis of Normanby, K.G., G.C.B., Ambassador at Florence.

The Right Honourable W. F. Cowper, M.P., President of the Board of
Health.

Thomas Graham, Esq., F.R.S., Master of the Mint.

The Duke of Buccleuch.

The Duke of Newcastle.

The Earl of Ellesmere.

The Earl Fortescue, K.G.

The Earl of St Germans.

The Earl of Harrington.

The Earl of Shaftesbury.

The Lord Bishop of London.

The Lord Bishop of St Asaph.

The Lord Bishop of Ripon.

The Lord Brougham and Vaux.

The Viscount Ebrington, M.P.

The Viscount Goderich, M.P.

The Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.

The Lord Claude Hamilton, M.P.

The Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe, M.P.

The Honourable A. Kinnaird, M.P.

Sir Edward Borough, Bart.

Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart.

The Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, Bart.

Sir John Easthope, Bart.

Sir Ralph Howard, Bart.

Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bart.

Sir John Ramsden, Bart.

Sir Erskine Perry, Q.C., M.P.

The Lord Mayor.

The Dean of Ely.

Henry Austin, Esq.

B. G. Babington, Esq., M.D.

Thomas Baker, Esq.

Joseph Bateman, Esq., LL.D.

John Batten, Esq.

G. Beaman, Esq., M.D.

Thomas Bell, Esq., F.R.S.

Joseph Brotherton, Esq., M.P.

Alexander Browne, Esq., M.D.

A. Collyer, Esq.

The Rev. J. Cumming, D.D.

The Rev. R. S. Daniell, M.A.

Charles Dickens, Esq.

John Dillon, Esq.

William Farr, Esq., M.D.

Arthur Farre, Esq., M.D.

John Finlaison, Esq.

C. Gatliff, Esq.

F. D. Goldsmid, Esq.

R. D. Grainger, Esq., F.R.S.

Samuel Gurney, Esq.

J. F. Hart, Esq.

A. Hassall, Esq., M.D.

James Heywood, Esq., M.P.

Rowland Hill, Esq.

M. D. Hill, Esq., Q.C.

F. Hill, Esq.

A. Hill, Esq.

E. Hill, Esq.

Gurney Hoare, Esq.

P. H. Holland, Esq.

T. Jones Howell, Esq.

The Rev. Charles Hume, M.A.

R. W. Kennard, Esq.

Duncan M'Laren, Esq.

J. Leslie, Esq.

Waller Lewis, Esq., M.B., F.G.S.

C. Z. Macaulay, Esq.

J. J. Mechi, Esq.

R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., M.P.

Gavin Milroy, Esq., M.D.

James Morrison, Esq.

Professor Owen, F.R.S.

Tucker Radford, Esq., M.D.

Robert Rawlinson, Esq.

J. A. Roebuck, Esq., M.P.

W. Rogers, Esq.

S. S. Scriven, Esq.

R. A. Slaney, Esq., M.P.

J. J. Smith, Esq.

James Startin, Esq.

John Sutherland, Esq., M.D.

Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P.

John Thwaites, Esq.

J. W. Tottie, Esq.

Thomas Tooke, Esq., F.R.S.

E. Westall, Esq.

It will be seen that a very large number of the names on this list are those of men who had personally worked with my grandfather or had watched and helped as labourers in the Sanitary cause from the beginning.--G. L.

INDEX.

Ashley, Lord, visits Bethnal Green and Whitechapel with Dr Southwood
Smith, 70--
his Bill relating to child labour in mines passed, 75.

Bentham, Jeremy, death of, 43--
Dr Southwood Smith delivers oration on, 45.

"Body-snatching," agitation in connection with, 36.

Bristol, Dr Southwood Smith educated at Baptist College in, 7.

"Broadmead Benefaction," Dr Southwood Smith holds the, 7.

Brougham, Lord, letter from, 133.

Chadwick, Mr Edwin, member of Factory Commission, 53--
reports on the sanitary condition of the labouring population, 105.

Children, employment of, in factories, 49 _et seq._

"Children's Employment Commission," Dr Southwood Smith a member of,
73--
report by, _ib._--
report on "Trades and Manufactures," 76.

Cholera, house-to-house visitation as a preventive cure of, 132, 133.

Christie, Miss Mary, marriage of Dr Southwood Smith to, 16.

Dickens, Charles, speech by, 82--
joins in performance for the benefit of "The Sanatorium," 84--
letters from, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91--
letter to, 88.

Edinburgh, Dr Southwood Smith enters University as medical student, 9--
lectures in Philosophical Institution, 141.

Education, article on, 36.

"Epidemics," lecture on, 141.

Factories, need for reform in, 49 _et seq._--
Factory Commission appointed, 53--
report by, 54 _et seq._--
Factory Act, 1833, passed, 57--
return showing working of educational provisions of Act, 58.

'Factory System, The Curse of the,' by M. Fielden, M.P., quoted, 51.

"General Board of Health," Dr Southwood Smith appointed to, 127--
work on, 132 _et seq._--
report on "A General Scheme for Extramural Sepulture," 133--
Board discontinued, 136.

Gillies, Mr, Dr Southwood Smith becomes acquainted with, 48.

Haliburton, Hon. D. G., letter to, 15

"Health of Towns Association," 98--
founding of, 107.

"Health of Towns Commission," 105.

Highgate, Dr Southwood Smith's home at, 94 _et seq._

'Illustrations of the Divine Government,' publication of, 12--
fourth edition of, 13--
quotation from preface to, _ib._

Inglis, Sir Robert Harry, M. P., quoted, 99.

Italy, travels in, 147, 148.

Jeffrey, Lord, quoted, 33.

Kentish Town, life at, 3 _et seq._

Lincoln, Lord, introduces a Sanitary Reform Bill, 110.

London, Bishop of, moves in House of Lords for extension of Poor Law
Board inquiries, 71.

London, Dr Southwood Smith removes to, 16--
report on eastern districts of, 61 _et seq._

Maclean, Dr, referred to, 18.

Martock, Dr Southwood Smith born at, 7.

"Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the
Industrious Classes," founding of, 93.

"Metropolitan Sanitary Commission" appointed, 122.

Mines, child labour in, 73.

"Model Dwellings," building of first, 94.

Morpeth, Lord, quoted, 100--
brings forward Bill for "Improving the Health of Towns in England,"
122 _et seq._--
letter to, 128.

Normanby, Marquis of, visits Bethnal Green and Whitechapel with Dr
Southwood Smith, 69--
referred to, 100--
his "Drainage of Buildings Bill," 104.

'Origin and Progress of Sanitary Reform,' by T. Jones Howell, quoted,
32.

Palmerston, Viscount, letter from, 137.

'Penny Encyclopædia,' Dr Southwood Smith contributes to, 36.

'Philosophy of Health, The,' 47--
revision of, 140.

Procter, Adelaide, quotation from, 150.

Public Health Act, 1848, passed, 126.

"Quarantine Laws," articles on, 31.

Read, Miss Anne, attachment of Dr Southwood Smith to, 8--
marriage of, 9--
death of, _ib._

Recognition of public services of Dr Southwood Smith, 143, 162.

"Report on the Physical Causes of Sickness and Mortality," &c., 61--
extracts from, _ib._ _et seq._

"Report on the Prevalence of Fever in Twenty Metropolitan Unions in
1838," 68.

'Results of Sanitary Improvement,' publication of, 141.

Ryland, Dr, reference to, 8.

Sanatorium, founding of the, 81.

Sanitary Reform, Dr Southwood Smith's first writings on, 17--
beginning of the movement for, 60 _et seq._--
struggle for, 102 _et seq._--
Parliamentary Committee appointed, 103--
Mr Chadwick's report, 105--
"Health of Towns Commission," _ib._--
"Public Health Act, 1848," passed, 126.

Shaftesbury, Lord, letter from, 142--
quotation from diary of, 153.

Slaney, Mr, M.P., quoted, 99--
obtains committee to inquire into sanitary state of large towns in
England, 103.

Smith, Caroline Southwood, 9.

Smith, Emily Southwood, 9.

Smith, Dr Thomas Southwood, author's recollections of, 1 _et seq._--
birth and early years, 7--
his education and preparation for the ministry, _ib._--
cast off by his family on account of religious views, 8--
attachment to Miss Anne Read, _ib._--
marriage, 9--
death of his wife, _ib._--
decides to study medicine and enters Edinburgh University, _ib._--
conducts religious services in Edinburgh, 10--
writes his 'Illustrations of the Divine Government,' 12--
starts practice at Yeovil, 14--
removes to London, 16--
second marriage, _ib._--
appointed physician to the London Fever Hospital, the Eastern
Dispensary, and the Jews' Hospital, _ib._--
his first writings on the "Sanitary Question," 17--
publishes his 'Treatise on Fever,' 24--
house at Trinity Square broken up, 35--
contributes to the 'Penny Encyclopædia,' 36--
assists in founding the 'Westminster Review,' _ib._--
publishes pamphlet on 'The Use of the Dead to the Living,' 40--
lectures at Webb Street School of Anatomy, 42--
delivers popular lectures at London Institution and elsewhere, 43--
his oration on Jeremy Bentham, 46--
publishes 'The Philosophy of Health,' 47--
appointed to the Factory Commission, 53--
reports to the Poor Law Commissioners on eastern districts of London,
61--
member of "Children's Employment Commission," 73--
assists in founding "The Sanatorium," 81--
correspondence with Charles Dickens, 85 _et seq._--
forms the "Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of
the Industrious Classes," 93--
removes to Highgate, 94--
founds the "Health of Towns Association," 98, 107--
his efforts on behalf of Sanitary Reform, 102 _et seq._--
issues an "Address to the Working Classes," 111--
is appointed member of the "Metropolitan Sanitary Commission," 122--
appointed to General Board of Health, 127--
letter to Lord Morpeth, 128--
retires from public life, 139--
revises 'The Philosophy of Health,' 140--
writes pamphlet on 'Results of Sanitary Improvement,' 141--
lectures on "Epidemics" at Edinburgh, _ib._--
receives public recognition of his services, 143--
travels in Italy, 147--
death of his wife, 148--
returns to Italy, _ib._--
death, _ib._

Taylor, Mr, letter from, 157.

Tooke, Mr, member of Factory Commission, 53.

'Treatise on Fever,' publication of, 24--
opinion of 'The Medico-Chirurgical Review' on, _ib._--
quotations from, 25 _et seq._, 30.

'Use of the Dead to the Living, The,' 40.

'Westminster Review,' Dr Southwood Smith's contributions to, 17--
founding of, 36.

Workhouses, Dr Southwood Smith draws attention to state of, 66.

Yeovil, Dr Southwood Smith begins practice and takes charge of
congregation at, 14--
leaves for London, 16.

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