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The London Workhouse: the street and courtyard facades with a pair of medallions. Engraving by T. Dale after R. Schnebbelie, 1819.

The tree of intemperance, showing diseases and vices caused by alcohol. Coloured lithograph, 18--.

Authorization of payment of medical bills; Dymock workhouse.

Hamburg: four poor people accused of idleness are suspended in a basket over a table of diners in a workhouse. Engraving, 1779.

The London Workhouse: view of the street facade. Engraving by T. Dale after R. Schnebbelie, 1819.

The old men's ward in a Workhouse. This print is to illustrate a story but could have been drawn from life.

Metropolitan workhouse infirmaries, &c. : Copy of the report of Dr. Edward Smith, Poor Law inspector and medical officer to the Poor Law Board, on the Metropolitan Workhouse infirmaries and sick wards / (Viscount Enfield).

Further facts relating to the care of the poor, and the management of the workhouse, in the city of Norwich : being a sequel to a former publication / By Edward Rigby.

Medical Notebook

Bailey, Francis James (1833-1889), LRCP Lond.

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Metropolitan workhouse infirmaries, &c. : Copy of the report of Dr. Edward Smith, Poor Law inspector and medical officer to the Poor Law Board, on the Metropolitan Workhouse infirmaries and sick wards / (Viscount Enfield).

Further facts relating to the care of the poor, and the management of the workhouse, in the city of Norwich : being a sequel to a former publication / By Edward Rigby.

Medical Notebook

The tree of intemperance, showing diseases and vices caused by alcohol. Coloured lithograph, 18--.

Bailey, Francis James (1833-1889), LRCP Lond.