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    A history of the charity hospitals of Louisiana : a study of poverty, politics, public health, and the public interest / Jonathan Roberts and Thomas J. Durant, Jr. ; with a foreword by Michael Butler.

    | Roberts, Jonathan, 1935- | Date: [2010]
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    The streets of London : from the great fire to the great stink / edited by Tim Hitchcock and Heather Shore ; forword by Roy Porter.

    | Date: 2003
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    Old age and the English poor law, 1500-1700 / L.A. Botelho.

    | Lynn Botelho | Date: 2004
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    Social welfare in pre-industrial England : the old Poor Law tradition / Paul A. Fideler.

    | Fideler, Paul A. | Date: 2006
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    Der Dienst am Kranken : Krankenversorgung zwischen Caritas, Medizin und Ökonomie vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit : Geschichte und Entwicklung der Krankenversorgung im sozioökonomischen Wandel / herausgegeben von Gerhard Aumüller, Kornelia Grundmann und Christina Vanja.

    | Date: 2007
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London
Europe
Public welfare - History
History, 19th Century
Great Britain
Poverty - History
Delivery of Health Care
Social Welfare
Charities
Poor laws - History

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