Poor Law Medical Reform Association

The Poor Law Medical Reform Association was founded by Dr. Richard Griffin, the medical officer of the Weymouth Poor law union[1] in 1853. It merged with the Convention of Poor Law Medical Officers in 1856. In 1868 it merged with the Association of Metropolitan Workhouse Medical Officers to create the Poor Law Medical Officers Association.[2]

In 1859 it produced a pamphlet "The Grievances of the Poor-Law Medical Officers."[3]

Griffin, as Chairman of the Association, was a vigorous lobbyist in the campaign which led up to the Metropolitan Poor Act 1867.[4]

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References
  1. Ayers, Gwendoline (1971). England's First State Hospitals. London: Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. Higginbotham, Peter (2012). The Workhouse Encyclopedia. Stroud: History Press. ISBN 978-0752477190. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. "Poor Law Medical Reform Association". British Medical Journal. 8 January 1859. JSTOR 25193012.
  4. Price, Kim (2016). Medical Negligence in Victorian Britain. Bloomsbury. p. 194. ISBN 9781350002029. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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