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The outcast dead : historical and archaeological evidence for the effect of the New Poor Law on the health and diet of London's post-medieval poor /

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Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this work presents an integration of osteological and historical evidence to examine the detrimental impact of the workhouse on inmates in nineteenth-century London and to assess whether the 1834 change to the English Poor Laws led to deterioration in health. D...

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Main Author: Shields Wilford, Brittney K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2018.
Series:BAR British series ; 634.
Subjects:
Poor laws > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Poor > Health and hygiene > England > London > History > 19th century.
Workhouses > England > London > History > 19th century.
Diet > England > London > History > 19th century.
Nutritionally induced diseases > England > London > History > 19th century.
Forensic osteology > England > London.

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