City of Westminster in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Dr. Joseph Rogers
1821-1889
Dr. Joseph
Rogers
Health Care
Reformer
lived here
Erected 1996 by English Heritage.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Science & Medicine.
Location. 51° 30.823′ N, 0° 7.948′ W. Marker is in City of Westminster, England, in Greater London. Marker is at the intersection of Dean Street and Bateman Street, on the right when traveling north on Dean Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 33 Dean Street, City of Westminster, England W1D 4PW, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
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Also see . . . Dickens, Rogers and Miss Nightingale (Kings College London). "As a result of his work at the Strand Union Workhouse, Joseph Rogers founded two important organisations. The first was the Poor Law Medical Officers' Association - which endeavoured to organise a collective medical voice to support doctors and their patients against the ingrained neglect and/or victimisation operating under the Poor Law administration. Such an organisation was very necessary at the time. Those involved had to combat official policies which set doctors to compete against each other in offering the lowest possible cost of care, and against the shameful Poor Law rule which deducted the cost of all prescribed drugs from the doctors' own salary....The second organisation Joseph Rogers established was the Association for the Improvement of Workhouse Infirmaries, a dedicated pressure-group which began with a metropolitan focus and eventually spread nationwide." (Submitted on October 22, 2017.)
Additional keywords. public health
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 188 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 22, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.