Roberta Bivins: 1 book
Contagious Communities
Medicine, Migration, and the NHS in Post War Britain
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
It was only a coincidence that the NHS and the Empire Windrush (a ship carrying 492 migrants from Britain's West Indian colonies) arrived together. On 22 June 1948, as the ship's passengers disembarked, frantic preparations were already underway for 5 July, the Appointed Day when the nation's new...
