DURHAM COUNTY HOSPITAL.

The Gothic Revival in Northumberland & County Durham

Coal miners' pneumoconiosis in four collieries in county Durham.

Clinical experience (Browne, Beck, and McCallum, 1949) and rising certification figures by the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board show that there is a pneumoconiosis problem amongst Durham coalminers. Moreover, a study of large films, taken following routine mass miniature radiography (M.M.R.) at eight Durham pits (McCallum, 1952), suggested that at least 3 to 6% of miners at these pits had well mark...

Pious physic for the poor: the lost Durham County medical scheme of 1655.

The provision of some sort of medical care for the poor was widely recognized in late medieval and early modem Europe as a religious duty and a civic necessity. The choice of methods depended upon a variety of local factors, such as religious politics, the political situation, the scope of bureaucratic intervention, and the development of the medical professions. The political will to provide n...

Citizenship, Sustainability and Participation in Neighbourhood Renewal in Ex-Mining Communities in County Durham By

The working paper describes a study which aims to examine and evaluate local community responses to environmental degradation, and factors assisting or hampering local involvement in neighbourhood environmental renewal in two Durham coalfield communities in the UK, an area characterised by high levels of unemployment, poverty, poor health and environmental degradation. A postal survey and focus...

Mercury Levels in an Urban Pregnant Population in Durham County, North Carolina

The adverse effects of prenatal mercury exposure, most commonly resulting from maternal fish consumption, have been detected at very low exposure levels. The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, however, have been shown to support fetal brain and vision development. Using data from a prospective, cohort study of pregnant women from an inland area in the US South, we sought to understand the fish ...