| Impressed by the innovative field of health care practiced by the likes of Dr Duncan, a Welsh bone-setting scouser who healed the quayside injuries of the hard-working dockers while Kitty Wilkinson ‘queen of the washhouse’ across town in the South end rolled up her sleeves ready to clean the body of scousers living in extreme poverty. Kitty turned out to be Liverpool’s first hygienist. Through their immense efforts they ensured the vital infrastructure and sewerage system that eventually cleared the slums. That had at one time the worst health statistics in the western world. |