"Health for all" : the origins of the National Health Service, 1848-1948 a fortieth anniversary retrospect catalogue of an exhibition held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 7 June to 2 September 1988 / Lindsay Granshaw.

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1988
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Credit: "Health for all" : the origins of the National Health Service, 1848-1948 a fortieth anniversary retrospect catalogue of an exhibition held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 7 June to 2 September 1988 / Lindsay Granshaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Right Hon Sir John Gorst, MP, and the insurance of the working classes in Germany. No. 17. London: [1905]. Trades Union Congress Library. HD 7102. The German contributory insurance scheme served as the model for British National Health Insurance. Lloyd George visited Germany to assess it, as well as paying regard to what was written on the subject. 2. Rt Hon David Lloyd George. The Case for the Insurance Bill. Being a Speech delivered at Whitefield's Tabernacle, October 14,1911. 'Sketch specially drawn for Reynolds's Newspaper.' Reynolds's Newspaper, the Leading Radical Weekly. Trades Union Congress Library. HD 7102. David Lloyd George was renowned for his oratory, and he took the case for national insurance round the country. 3. 'The Pitiless Philanthropist.' Mr Lloyd George. 'Now understand, I've brought you out to do you good, and good I will do you, whether you like it or not.' Photograph of cartoon. Punch, 22 November 1911. Mary Evans Picture Library. Pictured here were some of the opponents of national insurance, including a servant and a working man, and their respective employers. Opponents emphasised the compulsory nature of the scheme. 4. 'The stamps-on-the-cards question: the Chancellor and servants. Drawn by Frederic de Haenen, our special artist at the meeting. The deputation discussing with Mr Lloyd George that part of the National Insurance Bill relating to domestic servants: Mrs Child, of the Leeds Insurance Tax Protest League, speaking.' Photograph. Illustrated London News, 2 December 1911, p.911. The Illustrated London News Picture Library. Urged on by their employers, domestic servants made a particularly striking appeal to Lloyd George to think again. 5. 'To the rescue! The lifeboat comes at last!' Cartoon in: Rt Hon David Lloyd George. The Case for the Insurance Bill. Photograph. 1911. Trades Union Congress Library. HD 7102. Liberal propaganda emphasised that the Insurance Bill would be a lifeboat to those wrecked on the rocks of unemployment and sickness. 6. 'The first day of the Insurance Act in London: burning a copy of the Act in Finsbury Circus on July 15.' Photograph. Illustrated London News, 20 July 1912, p.94. The Illustrated London News Picture Library. The widespread nature of opposition to the Act—even among beneficiaries—is illustrated in this demonstration, in which clerks from the City of London, who would be forced to contribute to the scheme, burned a copy of the Act. 7. What is this Insurance Act which the Tories abuse? Liberal Party election poster. London: Liberal Publication Department, 3 July 1913. Trades Union Congress Library. HD 7102. The Liberals went to great efforts to explain the Act, as in this election poster. line and are assured a safe return. Liberal Party leaflet No. 2446. London: Liberal Publication Department, [c. 1912]. Trades Union Congress Library. HD 7102. The emphasis was on 'ninepence for fourpence'. In return for the worker's contribution of fourpence he (or she) would benefit from a further fivepence contributed by the employer and state. Benefits would then be provided when the need arose, including free general practitioner and sanatorium treatment and a maternity grant. 9. Why the Insurance Act was made compulsory and why it should remain compulsory. Liberal Party leaflet No. 2505. London: Liberal Publication Department, 15 May 1914. Trades Union Congress Library. HD 7102. Conservative propaganda hinged on the compulsion element in the scheme and this was repeatedly countered by Liberal leaflets. 10. L.G. Chiozza Money, MP. The truth about insurance. Hard facts versus Tory misrepresentation. Ninepence for fourpence. The Daily Chronicle. Leaflet No. 2. [c. 1912.] Trades Union Congress Library. HD 7102. A series of leaflets aimed at explaining the benefits of the Act for different categories of people. 11. L.G. Chiozza Money, MP. The truth about insurance. Hard facts versus Tory misrepresentation. The consumptive workman. The Daily Chronicle. Leaflet No. 3. [c.1912.] Trades Union Congress Library. HD 7102. 12. L.G. Chiozza Money, MP. The truth about insurance. Hard facts versus Tory misrepresentation. Insurance for the old. The Daily Chronicle. Leaflet No. 4. [c.1912]. Trades Union Congress Library. HD 7102. 13. L.G. Chiozza Money, MP. The truth about insurance. Hard facts versus Tory misrepresentation. 'Life Pensions' for those who can no longer earn their living. The Daily Chronicle. Leaflet No. 5. [c.1912]. Trades Union Congress Library. HD 7102.