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    William Henry Duncan

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    Bob Edwards
    , 05-01-2015 at 10:05 PM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    William Henry Duncan, (1805–1863)



    William Henry Duncan, (1805–1863), was a physician and medical officer of health, he was born in Seel Street, Liverpool on 27 January 1805, the third son and fifth of the seven children of George Duncan, merchant of Liverpool, and his wife, Christian, the youngest daughter of James Currie, minister of Middlebie and of
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    Housing and Health in Liverpool a History

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    Bob Edwards
    , 11-21-2012 at 12:10 PM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    Liverpool has always had many achievements to be proud of. In the field of health and welfare it has plenty of important achievements in which Liverpool people can truly say the city led the way. Unfortunately in the 19th and early 20th centuries Liverpool also led the way in terms of having the worst conditions in housing, health and sanitation. This situation was in part addressed by people like Doctor Duncan and Kitty Wilkinson. In 1842 the senior civil servant Edwin Chadwick published a report
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