Public health among the lineaments of the colonial State in Natal, 1901-1910

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Title:	Public health among the lineaments of the colonial State in Natal, 1901-1910
Author:	Wright, Marcia
Year:	2007
Periodical:	Journal of Natal and Zulu History
Volume:	24-25
Pages:	135-163
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	South Africa Natal
Subjects:	public health health policy colonial period 1900-1909
Abstract:	This article makes a start toward a history of public health authority in Natal from 1898 to 1910, that is, from the first call for a Public Health Act - which was passed in 1901 -, up to the constitutional takeover of responsibility by the new Union government of South Africa. It pays attention to, amongst others, the progress of legislation on public health in colonial Natal; the roles of the Health Officer for the Colony - Ernest Hill - and the Protector of Immigrants; the contention over the conditions of indentured Indians; the building of the Public Health Department; and the political opposition to the person of the Health Officer and his authority. Notes, ref., online sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]