Person    | Male  Born 10/10/1816  Died 23/7/1904

Sir John Simon

Categories: Medicine, Social Welfare

Surgeon and public health officer. Born City of London. His name is of French origin which is worth knowing for pronunciation purposes. 1848 appointed the first Medical Officer of Health for London. While sewers were a major concern he also urged reform in many other fields such as: water supply, burial practices, butchering, food adulteration, and housing. In 1855 he became chief health officer for the whole country.

Died at home in Kensington Square. His obituary read: ''He endured, perhaps with too little patience, the constantly recurring pinpricks of official interference.'

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Women + Health

Women + Health

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Group, Medicine, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Inez May Davies, SRN

Inez May Davies, SRN

A nurse, victim of a flying bomb on Kingston Hospital on 5 July 1944. We thank Mike Coleman who drew our attention to this lady on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. Further research ...

Person, Medicine, Wales

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Dr William H. Brotherton

Dr William H. Brotherton

Lived in and ran his medical practice from a house at 289, Cambridge Heath Road. BMJ 19 March 1864 reports: "APOTHECARIES' HALL. On March 10th, the following Licentiates were admitted:- Brotherton...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
Royal Army Medical College

Royal Army Medical College

Built on the site of Millbank Prison.

Group, Armed Forces, Education, Medicine

1 memorial

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Old Watch House - E17

Old Watch House - E17

Before an effective police force was established each local council or vestry organised their own watchmen. The watch house was where they would hold prisoners before they appeared in court. Like t...

Building, Law, Property

1 memorial
Kingston Spiritualist Church - Foundation Stone 4 - Conan Doyle

Kingston Spiritualist Church - Foundation Stone 4 - Conan Doyle

KT1, Villiers Road, 40

This is the first reference to the 'angel world' that we've recorded.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Fawcett frieze - 51, Strachey

Fawcett frieze - 51, Strachey

SW1, Parliament Square

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1 subject commemorated
Brian Harvey Capewell
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Francis Beaufort

Sir Francis Beaufort

Admiral and hydrographer (map making for sailors). Developed the Beaufort Scale (for winds) in 1805. Born Co. Meath, Ireland. He kept journals, written in code, and these reveal that, as a widower ...

Person, Armed Forces, Science, Ireland

1 memorial