David McLean is Professor of History at King's College London. He is author of Education and Empire and'War, Diplomacy and Informal Empire and the Republics of La Plata 1836-1853 (I.B. Tauris).

• Acknowledgements – viiIntroduction – ix1. Disease, Politics and Poverty in Nineteenth-century Britain – 12. The Boroughs and Unions of South Devon – 333. Naval Towns and Naval Medicine – 534. The Advent of Cholera – 665. The Local Boards of Health – 786. Experiment at Noss – 957. The Epidemic and the Royal Naval Hospital – 1138. Litigation, the Press and the Navy – 1309. Reaching the People: Controlling the Doctors – 14310. Conclusion – 162Notes – 188Bibliography – 213Index – 231

David McLean is Professor of History at King's College London. He is author of Education and Empire and'War, Diplomacy and Informal Empire and the Republics of La Plata 1836-1853 (I.B. Tauris).

• Acknowledgements – viiIntroduction – ix1. Disease, Politics and Poverty in Nineteenth-century Britain – 12. The Boroughs and Unions of South Devon – 333. Naval Towns and Naval Medicine – 534. The Advent of Cholera – 665. The Local Boards of Health – 786. Experiment at Noss – 957. The Epidemic and the Royal Naval Hospital – 1138. Litigation, the Press and the Navy – 1309. Reaching the People: Controlling the Doctors – 14310. Conclusion – 162Notes – 188Bibliography – 213Index – 231

David McLean is Professor of History at King's College London. He is author of Education and Empire and'War, Diplomacy and Informal Empire and the Republics of La Plata 1836-1853 (I.B. Tauris).

• Acknowledgements – viiIntroduction – ix1. Disease, Politics and Poverty in Nineteenth-century Britain – 12. The Boroughs and Unions of South Devon – 333. Naval Towns and Naval Medicine – 534. The Advent of Cholera – 665. The Local Boards of Health – 786. Experiment at Noss – 957. The Epidemic and the Royal Naval Hospital – 1138. Litigation, the Press and the Navy – 1309. Reaching the People: Controlling the Doctors – 14310. Conclusion – 162Notes – 188Bibliography – 213Index – 231