THE NORTH WALES QUARRY HOSPITALS AND THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE QUARRYMEN
Written by Edward Davies
Published by Gwynedd Archive Services
in 2003
ISBN: 0901337838
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- INDUSTRY
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THE NORTH WALES QUARRY HOSPITALS AND THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE QUARRYMEN
Written by Edward Davies.
Stock no. 1827792
1st.
2003.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The quarry hospitals of Dinorwig, Bethesda and Ffestiniog. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 311 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0901337838. Minor bump to top of spine. Minor mark to rear board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Historical Background to Disease in Quarrymen and Miners
- 2. Origins and Evolution of the North Wales Slate Industry
- 3. The Welfare of the Quarrymen
- 4. First Aid for Accidents in the Quarries
- 5. The North Wales Quarry Hospitals
- 6. The Funding of Medical Care and the Quarry Hospitals
- 7. Background to the Health Problems of the Quarry Communities and in Particular of the Quarrymen
- 8. Accidents in the Quarries
- 9. The Pattern and Treatment of Accidents in the Quarry Hospitals
- 10. Non Accident Medical and Surgical Admissions to the Quarry Hospitals
- 11. The Health Problems of North Wales Slate Quarrymen
- 12. Some of the Main Characters in the Story: The Quarry Owners
- 13. Some of the Mian Characters in the Story: The Penrhyn Quarry Surgeons
- 14. Some of the Mian Characters in the Story: The Dinorwig Quarry Surgeons
- 15. Some of the Main Characters in the Story: The Oakeley Quarry Surgeons
- Postscript
- References
- Appendices
- Index