First published in 1999, this volumeexamines how,inthe middle of the nineteenth century, Dr John Snow is reputed to have wrenched the handle from a street pump in central London, forcing people in the neighbourhood to change their drinking habits and so preventing them from contracting cholera from the dirty water. Aspects of the story may be apocryphal, but the general drift of Snow's assault on disease has enormous appeal for health, education, social services and police professionals working with children in need. Why spend so much time struggling to find strategies to cope with the more...
First published in 1999, this volumeexamines how,inthe middle of the nineteenth century, Dr John Snow is reputed to have wrenched the handle from a st...