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Examines the human costs of unemployment and poverty through a study of the health of the population of south Wales. This book contributes to the 'healthy or hungry thirties' debate about the effects of unemployment and poverty on health in interwar Britain through an examination of south Wales.

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Chapter 1: Obtaining an income: Wages, benefits and household strategies. Chapter 2: 'The garment has to be cut according to the cloth': Balancing the budget in working-class households. Chapter 3: 'Fair clemmed'?: Diet and nutrition. Chapter 4: 'Heart break houses'?: Housing conditions and house building. Chapter 5: 'Leprous towns': Environment, sanitation and leisure. Chapter 6: The mixed economy of medical services. Chapter 7: 'The smell of death was everywhere': Mortality. Chapter 8: Infant Mortality.

Unemployment Poverty and Health in Interwar South

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      Publisher: University of Wales Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/2006
      ISBN13: 9780708320426, 978-0708320426
      ISBN10: 0708320422

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the human costs of unemployment and poverty through a study of the health of the population of south Wales. This book contributes to the 'healthy or hungry thirties' debate about the effects of unemployment and poverty on health in interwar Britain through an examination of south Wales.

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1: Obtaining an income: Wages, benefits and household strategies. Chapter 2: 'The garment has to be cut according to the cloth': Balancing the budget in working-class households. Chapter 3: 'Fair clemmed'?: Diet and nutrition. Chapter 4: 'Heart break houses'?: Housing conditions and house building. Chapter 5: 'Leprous towns': Environment, sanitation and leisure. Chapter 6: The mixed economy of medical services. Chapter 7: 'The smell of death was everywhere': Mortality. Chapter 8: Infant Mortality.

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