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Some Account of the Small Pox Lately Prevalent in Chichester, by John Forbes, published 1822 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8699]

On the curative influence of the southern coast of England: especially that of Hastings: with observations on diseases in which a residence on the coast is most beneficial, by William Harwood, M.D., published 1828 (326 pp., London: Henry Colburn) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

On the adaptation of various parts of the town of Hastings as places of residence for invalids in different states of disease, by William Harwood, M.D., published 1829 (40 pp., London) accessible at: British Library

Analysis of sea-water as it exists in the English Channel near Brighton, by G. Schweitzer M.D., published 1839 in Philosophical Journal (15(93), article, pp.51-60)

On the sanitary state of the Town of Brighton and on the causes and prevention of fever, by Dr. G. S. Jenks, published July 1842 in Local Reports on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of England (article, pp.57-86, London: W. Clowes & Sons, Stamford Street)

Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the town of Brighton, by Edward Cresy, published 1849 (London: H.M.S.O. & printed at William Clowes & Sons)   View Online

Successful System of Drainage at Worthing, by Henry Collet, published 11 July 1857 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, no. 28, article, pp.585-586)   Download PDF

On the Climate of Worthing: Its Remedial Influence in Disease, Especially of the Lungs, by Walter Goodyer Barker, M.B. Lond., published 1860 (72 pp. + XIV, London: Churchill) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5984] & West Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Hospital of Lepers at Seaford, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., F.S.A., published 1860 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 12, article, pp.112-116) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2097] & The Keep [LIB/500231] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Some Results of Night Nursing; being a Record of the Wet and Dirty Cases in the Sussex Lunatic Asylum, Hayward's Heath, during the first six months of 1861, by C. L. Robertson, published 10 January 1861 in British Journal of Psychiatry (vol. 7, article, pp.391-398)

On the want of a Middle Class Asylum in Sussex, with Suggestions how it may be established, by C. L. Robertson, published 1 January 1863 in British Journal of Psychiatry (vol. 8, article, pp.465-482)

Effectual prevention of epidemic diseases. An account of means adopted by the Sanitary Aid Association of the borough of Hastings., by a member of the Association, published 1873 (16 pp., London) accessible at: British Library

The Brighton intercepting and outfall sewers, by J.G. Gamble, published 1876 in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. (vol. 43, article)

Milk typhoid at Chichester, published 20 September 1879 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, no. 977, article, pp.475-476)

Typhoid fever at Worthng from infected milk, published 11 December 1880 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, no. 1041, article, pp.933-934)

On the waterworks at Goldstone Bottom, Brighton, by W. Whitaker, published April 1886 in Geological Magazine (vol. 3, issue 4, article, pp.159-161)   View Online

These works were at first only supplementary to the Lewes Road Works, on the east; but now are the chief source of supply. They were begun in 1865, and are placed in a hollow in the Chalk, in open ground. at the north-western edge of Brighton. This hollow, the bottom of which, I am told, is 30 feet below the lowest part of its rim, is perhaps in itself an evidence of the existence of underground water, being due, most likely, as is usually the case in limestone-districts, to the dissolving away of the rock by underground water and to the consequent sinking-in of the surface. It is an analogous occurrence to the Meres of Norfolk, except that these are generally more or less filled with water, whilst Goldstone Bottom is quite dry at the surface. I may mention that at the time of my visit there was so thick a fog that it was impossible to see the hollow.

An Address on Worthing: Its Climatic and Sanitary Conditions , by William J. Harris, published 10 July 1886 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, no. 1332, article, pp.59-61)   Download PDF

The outbreak of Enteric Fever at Lancing College and Shoreham, published August 1886 in The Lancet (vol. 128, article, pp.418-419)

An outbreak of Cow-Pox in Sussex, with remarks on the nature and affinities of the disease, by W. J. Collins, published June 1889 in The Lancet (vol. 133, no. 3432, article, pp.1129-1130)   View Online

On the Mortality and Public Health of Hastings, by William Alexander Greenhill, published 1890 (11 pp., Hastings: F. J. Parsons) accessible at: British Library

A Leaflet of Facts and Figures concerning the Sussex County Asylum, by C. E. Saunders, published 1890 (16 pp., Haywards Heath: Mid Sussex Times Office) accessible at: British Library

On the sanitary advance of Brighton, by Joseph Ewart, published 1 January 1890 in Transactions of the Sanitary Institute (vol. 11, no. 1, article, pp.85-96)

On the Brighton waterworks, by W.H. Hallett, published 1 May 1890 in Transactions of the Sanitary Institute (vol. 11, no. 2, article, pp.143-149)

The fever at Worthing, published 19 August 1893 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, no. 1703, article, pp.433-434)

Worthing water, published 7 October 1893 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, no. 710, article, pp.801-802)

Concerns testing the water for bacteria.

Report on the Epidemic of Enteric Fever in 1893 in the Borough of Worthing, in Broadwater, and in West Tarring, by C. Kelly. [With plans], by Charles Kelly, M.D., F.R.C.P., published 1894 (59 pp., Brighton: Southern Publishing Co.) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Dr. Theodore Thomson's Report on an Epidemic of Enteric Fever (Typhoid) in Worthing 1893, by Theodore Thomson, published 1894 (H.M.S.O./Eyre and Spottiswoode) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Report to the Local Government Board on an Epidemic of Enteric Fever in the Borough of Worthing and in the Village of Broadwater and West Tarring

Waterborne Typhoid at Worthing in 1893, published 21 July 1894 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, article, pp.152-)   Download PDF

Sanitation in Sussex, published November 1895 in The Lancet (vol. 146, article, p.1311)   View Online

The water questionat Eastbourne, by Charles Roberts, published 3 October 1896 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, no. 1866, article, pp.971-972)

The Water Supply of Eastbourne, published 21 November 1896 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, article, pp.1520-)   Download PDF

The Eastbourne water supply, by J. Talfourd Jones and Charles Roberts, published 5 December 1896 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, no. 1875, article, pp.1687-1689)

Report to the Local Government Board on Enteric Fever in the City of Chichester, by Theodore Thomson and R. E. Marsh, published 1899 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5365][Lib 855]

Portslade and Southwick drainage, 1902: intercepting sewer and outfall, by George Stow, published 1903 in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. (vol. 151, article)

City of Chichester sewage disposal works, by James Saunders, published 1904 in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. (vol. 158, article)

Sanitary administration at Bexhill, published August 1904 in The Lancet (vol. 164, article, p.628)

Comparative study of the Lincoln, Maidstone and Worthing Epidemics of Typhoid Fever, published 2 December 1905 in British Medical Journal (vol. 2, no. 2344, article, pp.1463-1464)   Download PDF

The voluntary notification of phthisis in Brighton, including a comparison of results with those obtained in other towns, by Arthur Newsholme, published 1 January 1907 in Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute (vol. 28, no. 1, article, pp.26-34)

The main drainage of Eastbourne, by A. Ernest Prescott, published 1 June 1907 in Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute (vol. 28, no. 6, article, pp.209-219)

East Sussex School Inspection Scheme, published August 1908 in The Lancet (vol. 172, article, pp.407-408)   View Online

A description of the new sewerage scheme for Lewes, with special reference to the discharge of effluents into tidal streams, by D. Roberts, published 1 November 1912 in Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute (vol. 33, no. 11, article, pp.538-545)

Written by the Borough Surveyor.

Typhus in West Sussex, published October 1917 in Public Health (vol. 31, article, p.91)

The drainage of Brighton, by Harry Tillstone, published 1 December 1923 in Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute (vol. 44, no. 12, article, pp.487-489)

Written by the Borough Surveyor and Surveyor to the Brighton Intercepting amd Outfall Sewers Board.

Early Mental Disease in Sussex, published February 1931 in The Lancet (vol. 217, article, p.496)   View Online

West Sussex Health and General "Keep Fit" Review, published 1938 (pamphlet, West Sussex Health Authority) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5386]

Further observations upon the influence of the growing family upon the diet in rural districts in Sussex, by Fraser Brockington, published September 1938 in Journal of Hygiene (vol. 38, no. 5, article, pp.547-557)

School dentistry in West Sussex, by H. D. Hall, published 15 March 1946 in British Dental Journal (vol. 80, article, pp.192-195)

Seventy Years of Public Health in a Sussex Rural District, by Eric Ward, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H., published May 1947 in Public Health (vol. 60, article, pp.159-163)   View Online

Thirty-five years of Midhurst: A survey of the progress in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis based on the Midhurst annual reports for 1906-41, by M. C. Brough, published May 1949 in Tubercle (vol. 30, issue 5, article, pp.103-109)   View Online

Gleanings from Sussex archives: Brighton and the smallpox, by W.A. Barron, published 1952 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. 26, article, pp.605-606) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2331] & The Keep [LIB/500198]

Problems of Hastings water supply, by S. Little, published 1 January 1952 in Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute (vol. 72, no. 1, article, pp.34-41)

Smallpox (a) the first few days of the Brighton outbreak, 1950, by W.S. Parker, published 1 March 1952 in Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute (vol. 72, no. 2, article, pp.105-110)

Refuse disposal at Worthing, by J. Wilkinson, published 1 October 1955 in Journal, Royal Society of Health (vol. 75, no. 10, article, pp.745-756)

Experiences of an outbreak of infectious laryngotracheitis in a broiler unit in West Sussex, by D.A. Barr, published 1963 in Veterinary Record (vol. 75, article, pp.296-298)

St Helen's Day Hospital Hastings, Sussex, by H. Goldstone, published 1 March 1967 in Occupational Therapy (vol. 30, no. 3, article, pp.37-40)   View Online

Consists mainly of 7 photos with some text about occupational therapy work.

Observations on heroin abuse by young people in Crawley New Town., by De Alarcon, R., N. H. Rathod, and I. G. Thomson, published 1969 in Scientific Basis of Drug Dependence edited by H. Steinberg (pp.331-340, Churchill)

Design and construction of a submarine sea outfall at Hastings, by E.W. Crisp, H.M. Stewart, and S.J.N. Fletcher, published 1970 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 47, no. 1, article, pp.121-143)

An outbreak of redwater on a farm in Sussex, by J. Donnelly, P. J. Crossman, and M. D. McKendrick, published 1970 in Veterinary Record (vol. 87, no. 23, article, pp.729-729)

Discussion, design and construction of a submarine sea outfall at Hastings: meetings at Brighton 12 November and London 1 December 1970, by E.W. Crisp, H.M. Stewart, and S.J.N. Fletcher, published 1971 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 50, no. 1, article, pp.95-124)

Devastating epidemic in the countryside of Eastern Sussex between harvest years 1558 and 1640, by Colin Brent, published Spring 1975 in Local Population Studies Society (Issue 14, article, pp.42-48)   Download PDF

Influenza at Christ's Hospital: March, 1974, by T.W. Hoskins, published 1976 in The Lancet (vol. 307, no. 7951, article, pp.105-108)

Cancer screening in East Sussex, by W. J. Wigfield, published January 1976 in Public Health (vol. 90, issue 2, article, pp.65-73)

This paper examines what has been achieved in East Sussex since cancer screening started in 1966. The statistics for registered cases of carcinoma of breast and of cervix have been analysed, and related to the work of the cancer screening clinics. The incidence of both diseases is falling, but this is not due to screening. More early cases of breast cancer, and fewer late cases, are now being found but this is not so with cervical cancer. The mass screening of symptomless women at special screening clinics is no longer economic.

Smallpox in thee Eighteenth Century, by D. S. Dear, published June 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 5, article, p.173) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Smallpox Inoculation in 18th Century Sussex, by John Farrant, published September 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 6, article, pp.202-204) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Assessment of inactivated influenza - A vaccine after three outbreaks of influenza A at Christ's Hospital, by T.W. Hoskins, published 1979 in The Lancet (vol. 313, no. 8106, article, pp.33-35)

Aspects of antenatal care in East Sussex, by Q. M. Al-Nahi, 1980 at King's College London (Ph.D. thesis)

Smallpox in West Sussex, Part 1: to 1800, by Emlyn Thomas, published January 1980 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 15, article, p.4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/15] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Smallpox in West Sussex, Part 2: The Early 19th Century, by Emlyn Thomas, published May 1980 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 16, article, p.12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/16] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Initial dilution: A practical study on the Hastings long sea outfall, by N.J. Bennett, published 1982 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 72, no. 1, article, pp.99-111)

Epidemic Mortality in 16th-Century Rye, by Graham Mayhew, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, article, pp.157-178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

The epidemiology of milk-borne scarlet fever: the case of Edwardian Brighton, by J. M. Eyler, published May 1986 in American Journal of Public Health (vol. 76, no. 5, article, pp.573-584) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502576]

A survey of the prevalence and treatment of asthma and hay fever in a small town in East Sussex, by Sonya Leff, published July 1986 in Public Health (vol. 100, issue 4, article, pp.205-207)

Concern had been expressed by teachers and parents about a seemingly high incidence of asthma and hayfever amongst school children, and about the numbers of children using inhaled antispasmodics during the school day in Seaford. A twelve month survey was undertaken which showed an incidence reflecting the findings of the National Child Development Study (NCDS). It is suggested that the effectiveness of inhaled antispasmodics has resulted in more asthmatic children being educated in ordinary schools rather than in those for the physically delicate.

Tuberculosis in East Sussex: I. Outbreaks of Tuberculosis in Cattle Herds (1964-1984) , by J. W. Wilesmith, R. Bode, D. G. Pritchard, F. A. Stuart and P. E. Sayers, published August 1986 in Journal of Hygiene (vol. 97, no. 1, article, pp.1-10)   View Online

Tuberculosis in East Sussex: II. Aspects of Badger Ecology and Surveillance for Tuberculosis in Badger Populations (1976-1984), by J. W. Wilesmith, P. E. Sayers, R. Bode, D. G. Pritchard, F. A. Stuart, J. I. Brewer and G. D. B. Hillman, published August 1986 in Journal of Hygiene (vol. 97, no. 1, article, pp.11-26)   View Online

Tuberculosis in East Sussex: III. Comparison of Post-Mortem and Clinical Methods for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Badgers, by D. G. Pritchard, F. A. Stuart, J. W. Wilesmith, C. L. Cheeseman, J. I. Brewer, R. Bode and P. E. Sayers, published August 1986 in Journal of Hygiene (vol. 97, no. 1, article, pp.27-36)   View Online

Tuberculosis in East Sussex: IV. A Systematic Examination of Wild Mammals Other than Badgers for Tuberculosis, by D. G. Pritchard, F. A. Stuart, J. W. Wilesmith, C. L. Cheeseman, J. I. Brewer, R. Bode and P. E. Sayers, published August 1986 in Journal of Hygiene (vol. 97, no. 1, article, pp.37-48)   View Online

Policing the Food Trades: Epidemiology, Hygiene, and Public Administration in Edwardian Brighton, by J. M. Eyler and others, published August 1987 in Comparative history of medicine- East and West: History of hygiene; Shizuoka; Japan (article, pp.193-226) accessible at: British Library

Concurrent outbreaks of influenza and Parvovirus B19 in a boy's boarding school, by E.A. Grilli, M.J. Anderson and T.W. Hoskins, published October 1989 in Epidemiology and infection (vol. 103, no.2, article, pp.359-369)

Concerns Christ's Hospital.

Famine and mortality crises in Mid-Sussex, 1606-1640, by Ian Nelson, published Spring 1991 in Local Population Studies Society (Issue 46, article, pp.39-49)   Download PDF

Sewerage agencies in the private water industry and the proposals of Southern Water's Sussex Division, by K. Tozzi, published 1992 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers -- Municipal Engineer (vol. 93, no. 1, article)

Maxillary Sinusitis in Medieval Chichester, England, by P. Boocock and others, published 1995 in American journal of physical anthropology (vol. 98, no. 4, article, pp.483-496) accessible at: British Library

Nurse Stoner's Diaries; Being a Collection of Reminiscences by Cuckfield's First District Nurse 1855-1947, edited by C. E. Salter, published 1996 (published by the editor) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Epidemics in Chichester, by Neville Oswald, published April 1998 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 61, article, p.15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/61] & The Keep [LIB/500485]

Care of the sick and elderly in Medieval Chichester, by Neville Oswald, published October 1998 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 62, article, p.19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/62] & The Keep [LIB/500486]

Health Provision, by Wendy Walker, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.134-135, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Promoting Independence in Brighton and Hove, by P. Dale and P. Letchfield, published 2000 in Managing community care (Vol 8, part 2, article, pp.23-35)

Surfing with spirochaetes: an ongoing syphilis outbreak in Brighton., by M. Poulton, G.L. Dean, D.I. Williams, P. Carter, A. Iversen, and M. Fisher, published 2001 in Sexually Transmitted Infections (vol. 77, no. 5, article, pp.319-321)

Health and Welfare in Chichester, by Pat Saunders, published Autumn 2003 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 72, article, p.32) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/72] & The Keep [LIB/500496]

Crawley New Town, by N. H. Rathod, published 2004 in Heroin Addiction and The British System: Volume I Origins and Evolution (pp.146-)

Crawley New Town: Case study of a local heroin epidemic in the 1960s, by N. H. Rathod, published 2005 in Heroin addiction and the British System 1 (pp.53-64)

Defying the Demon: Smallpox in Sussex, by Diana Crook, published 3 August 2006 (135 pp., Dale House Press, ISBN-10: 1900841045 & ISBN-13: 9781900841047) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502157] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Typhoid in Worthing in 'Fever Year', 1893, by J. Virgoe, published August 2006 in The Local Historian (vol. 36, no. 3, article, pp.163-174) accessible at: British Library   View Online

This article is a case-study of a public health crisis which affected an ostensibly 'safe' and-according to its own publicity-notably healthy seaside resort in the late Victorian period. John Virgoe describes the outbreak, progress and impact of the epidemic of typhoid during the summer of 1893, and then goes on to consider its consequences for a town which depended so heavily on the visitor trade (its motto is 'Ex Terra Copiam E Mari Salutem': 'from the land, plenty, from the sea, health'). A substantial section of the discussion focuses on arguments about the responsibility for the outbreak, including the hotly-debated issue of polluted water supply. This was a particularly severe outbreak, with 186 deaths, and some 7.5 per cent of the population being affected, and yet despite two official and contradictory reports a definitive explanation of the origins of the epidemic was never provided. Virgoe demonstrates how vested interests played a part in 'shaping' the news coverage of the outbreak-the town council was desperate to play down the scale of the problem-and also shows the process (a combination of logical reasoning and guesswork) by which the medical investigations were carried out. He includes an assessment of the costs of the epidemic, financial and social, and concludes with consideration of the relative significance of this outbreak compared with other better-known events elsewhere.

Hastings and St Leonards utilities: 1832-2002: 170 years of waterworks, sewage and gas history, by George Coleman, published 2007 in Stationary Power (No. 20, article)

Early municipal bacteriology in Brighton, Aberdeen and Bristol: blessing or burden ? , by S.P. Hardy, F.R. Watson, published 2008 in British Journal of Biomedical Science (65(2), article, pp.109-118)

Out of the Shadows: A History of Mental Health Care in Sussex, by Adam Trimingham, published 24 September 2008 (112 pp., Westmeston: Pomegranate Press,, ISBN-10: 0954897587 & ISBN-13: 9780954897581) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502163] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Acupuncturist Stephanie Downey talks about Brighton's Dolphin House Children's Clinic: a natural therapy centre for children and their families, by Stephanie Downey, published 2009 in Complementary therapies in clinical practice (vol. 15, no. 1, article, pp.26-28)

A terrible toll of life: the impact of the 'Spanish Influenza' epidemic on Brighton 1918-19, by Jaime Kaminski, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, article, pp.193-210) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 1918-19 Brighton was hit by three waves of the 'Spanish influenza' pandemic. A comparatively mild outbreak in July and early August 1918 was followed in October and November by a devastating and lethal outbreak. The epidemic culminated in a less deadly recrudescence in February and March 1919. As with much of Britain, the Brighton press generally played down the magnitude of the epidemic. But the high morbidity caused both social and economic disruption. This article considers how Brighton was affected by the pandemic and how the local authorities responded.

Treating borderline mental illness in twentieth century Britain: the pioneering contribution of Dr Helen Boyle, with particular reference to the foundation of the Lady Chichester Hospital , by Emma Milliken, 2010 at University of Westminster (Ph.D. thesis)

Design of a energy recovery waste facility in Great Britain, ERF Newhaven, by Daniel Wingenfeld, Eckard Roth, and Julian Meyer, published 2010 in Bautechnik (vol. 87, no. 1, article, pp.1-11)

Health in the Urban Environment: A Qualitative Review of the Brighton and Hove W.H.O. Healthy City Program, by C. Hall, J. K. Davies and N. Sherriff, published 2010 in Journal of urban health: bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine (vol. 87, no. 1, article, pp.8-28)

Phase IV of the W.H.O. European Region's Healthy Cities Program ended in December 2008. This article presents the findings from a recently completed review of Brighton and Hove's Healthy City Program which aimed to scope whether added value had accrued from the city's role as a W.H.O. Healthy City during phase IV. In contrast to most other evaluations of healthy cities, this review adopted a qualitative approach representing an appraisal of the Brighton and Hove Healthy City Program from the internal viewpoint of its local stakeholders. In addition to documentary analysis and a facilitated workshop, a series of in-depth interviews were conducted with stakeholders from the Brighton and Hove Healthy City Partnership representing each of the sectors reflected in the Local Strategic Partnership (public, statutory, elected, community and voluntary, neighborhood and communities, business). The key findings of the review are presented in a way which reflects the three key areas of the review including (1) the healthy cities approach, (2) participation in phase IV of the W.H.O. Healthy Cities Program, and (3) the Brighton and Hove Healthy City Partnership. These findings are discussed, and recommendations for action at local, national, and European levels are proposed. In particular, we argue that there is an urgent need to develop a suitable monitoring and evaluation system for the W.H.O. Healthy Cities Program with appropriate indicators that are meaningful and relevant to local stakeholders. Moreover, it would be important for any such system to capitalize on the benefits that qualitative methodologies can offer alongside more traditional quantitative indicators.

Childhood disability in Brighton and Hove: a geographic perspective , by Jennifer Broome-Smith, 2010 at University of Brighton (M.Phil. Thesis)   Download PDF

Afflicted Worthing: Thomas Evans and his [typhoid] Epidemic Relief Fund, 1893-4, by Marion Woolgar, published 2011 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 79, article, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/79] & The Keep [LIB/500503]

Afflicted Worthing: some victims of the [typhoid] epidemic, by Marion Woolgar, published 2011 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 79, article, p.7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/79] & The Keep [LIB/500503]

100 Years of suicide in Brighton and Hove, England, by T. Scanlon, A. Memon, C. Dorling and A. Walker, published 8 January 2011 in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (vol. 65, supp. 1, article)   View Online

Compared with the suicide rates in England (12.0/100 000 males, 3.7/100 000 females), Brighton and Hove (B&H) (population=250 000) has the 3^rd highest rate in males (18.9/100 000) and the highest rate in females (10.2/100 000). We investigated long-term trends in suicide by age, sex, and method in B&H from 1901 to 2008.

White plague, by Susan Martin, published March 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 5, article, pp.231-235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508846] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

l am pretty sure that every reader will have at least one ancestor or close relative of an ancestor whose death certificate gives the cause of death as phthisis, or as we know it now tuberculosis. Our ancestors would probably have named it, if they dared acknowledge it, consumption. This little story is surely one which was replicated in many other families in the 19th century.
Lucy STALLARD was born Lucy TRIMMER and baptised in Harting parish church on 9 February 1835. Her parents were Peter TRIMMER (1789-1855) (my great-great-grandmother's cousin) and Ann EAMES (1789-1876). Lucy grew up in the village situated on the Hampshire border, the youngest of nine children. Her father was an agricultural labourer. Like many girls from the village she went into domestic service, and at the age of 16 as the 1851 census shows she was working as a domestic servant to the widowed Richard HEASEY, of Manor Farm, Greatham. This Greatham was not the one near Pulborough, but about seven miles north from Harting over the Hampshire border, east from Alton. Another domestic servant Jane HARRIS (born BOOKER) a 26-year-old widow also came from Harting. Perhaps Lucy got her position through Jane.

Breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks in East Sussex, 2010/11, by Jennifer Broome-Smith, published November 2011   Download PDF

Brighton considers opening UK's first safe drug consumption rooms , by Jacqui Wise, published 19 April 2013 in British Medical Journal (vol. 346, article)   Download PDF

Harriet Torrance - The Hastings Plague!, by Lisa Smith, published June 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 6, article, pp.257-259) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508876]

Harriet TORRANCE was the aunt (by marriage) of my connection, Ughtred TORRANCE. Until the launch of the British Newspaper Archive, she was just a name on a census return, but thanks to the publication of the Hastings and St Leonard Observer, I have learnt so much more about the sad, but eventful life of the woman who was dubbed 'The Hastings Plague'.

Delay in disclosure about sexual orientation to health-care professionals among men who have sex with men in Brighton, UK: a qualitative analysis, by Tom Nadarzynski, M.Sc., Prof Helen Smith, Ph.D., Daniel Richardson, F.R.C.P., Anja Berglund, Sarah Hurst and Carrie Llewellyn, published November 2015 in The Lancet (vol. 386, article)   View Online

Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at risk of poor sexual health and can benefit from preventive health interventions, such as vaccination and screening. For these interventions to be most effective, it is crucial that men can openly discuss same-sex sexual behaviours with health-care professionals at the beginning of their sexual activity. This study aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators to disclosure of sexual orientation among MSM.

Applying the 'Index of Care' to a Person Who Experienced Leprosy in Late Medieval Chichester, England, by Charlotte Roberts, published 30 August 2016 in New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care: Further Case Studies and Expanded Theory (pp.10-124, Springer International Publishing, ISBN-10: 3319399004 & ISBN-13: 9783319399003)

Perceptions of HPV and attitudes towards HPV vaccination among men who have sex with men: a qualitative analysis, by Dr Tom Nadarzynski, Ph.D., Prof Helen Smith, Ph.D., Daniel Richardson, F.R.C.P., Alex Pollard, M.A., Anja Berglund, M.B.B.S., Sarah Hurst, M.B.B.S. and Carrie Llewellyn, Ph.D., published November 2016 in The Lancet (vol. 388, article)   View Online

Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at risk of genital warts and anal cancer due to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. From 2016, MSM are being targeted for HPV vaccination in the UK through sexual health settings. This study explored perceptions of HPV and HPV vaccination among MSM.