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Healthy Government? Britain, c. 1850–1950

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Simon Szreter
Simon Szreter
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Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
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The Historical Journal , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 491 - 503
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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