Charles Dickens and the movement for sanitary reform.
Charles Dickens's adult life parallels the period when the movement for sanitary reform took root in England. Although he was not one of its leaders, he became in time one of its most outspoken advocates. This essay describes Dickens's growing involvement in the sanitary movement and looks at one of the most important ways he supported it--articles published in his weekly journal Household Words
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D004739:England; D005197:Famous Persons; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000266:history; D012499:Sanitation / Q000266:history*