Cradle to Grave

Public sector health care in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s is explored by Levene (history, Oxford Brookes U.), Martin Powell (health and social policy, U. of Birmingham), John Steward (health history, Glasgow Caledonian U.) and Becky Taylor (history, U. of London). Before 1948 and the creation of the National Health Service, public health was handled at the local level, a system now difficult even for scholars to comprehend. They cover patterns of investment in healthcare, explaining expenditure, Barnsley, Eastbourne, Newport, and West Hartlepool. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Alysa Levene is Senior Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University, specialising in the history of child health and welfare.
Martin Powell is Professor of Health and Social Policy, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, and the author of essays, books and articles on contemporary and historical social policy.
John Stewart is Chair of Health History at Glasgow Caledonian University and Director of the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare. His research interests include the history of child guidance and child psychiatry.
Becky Taylor is Lecturer in History at Birkbeck College, University of London. She specialises in issues of class, migration and the relationship between the state and marginal groups.