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Rogers (1821-89) was an English physician and campaigning medical officer who for 40 years promoted reform in the administration of the Poor Law. After setting up a medical practice in London in 1844 he became a supernumerary medical officer at St. Anne's, Soho in 1855 on the occasion of an outbreak of cholera, and the following year was appointed medical officer to the Strand workhouse. Conditions there were very bad and Rogers had the workhouse master, George Catch, removed. In 1861 he came before the select committee of the House of Commons speaking on the supply of drugs to workhouse infirmaries and his suggestions were adopted. Notably, his evidence was largely responsible for bringing ...
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