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| This unedited audio recording is a record of health provision in the Leicester area in the first half of the twentieth century, told by residents and health practitioners from the period. The effects of common ailments are described, such as tuberculosis, dysentery, smallpox, scarlet fever and diptheria, along with the arrangements for treatment, and the procedures followed when someone in the house was dying. One woman recalls the mass graves of the Spanish 'flu epidemic, and the high level of fatalities. The lack of public health provision and the role of charity in health services is described in some detail, aong with the greater community spirit of the times. The basic form of health insurance is described, along with the running of the "doctor's club" to cover a family treatment expenses, and the use of the Hospital Casualty Department for 'casuals'. There are recollections of the complications of surgery before the use of antibiotics, and other hospital treatments including the use of leeches. There is also reference to the two maternity hospitals and the high proportion of home births, and of the benefits of the introduction of the National Health Service. The original recording is held by the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA ref: 400, LO/020/C20), more information at http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/. This recording lasts for 36 minutes and 36 seconds. |
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Interviewee - Friselle, Mr.
Interviewee - McDonagh, Miss
Interviewee - Tipton, Mr.
Interviewee - Hurst, Mrs.
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Health
Oral History
History
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| Contributors: |
Bottrill, Mr. - Interviewee
East Midlands Oral History Archive - Other
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01 / 01 / 1989
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English
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United Kingdom
Leicester
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Community Media Association has non exclusive rights for the use of the work in The Showcase, but the overall copyright rests with East Midlands Oral History Archive. Copyright East Midlands Oral History Archive
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