Abandoning nature: swimming pools and clean, healthy recreation in Hamilton, Ontario, c. 1930s-1950s

Municipal swimming pools arose as a technological fix for an urban public health and recreation crisis in Hamilton when its bay became a polluted sink for residential and industrial wastes. Until World War II, city leaders and medical authorities believed that they could identify, delineate, and con...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Canadian Bulletin of Medical History 2011-12, Vol.28 (2), p.315-337
Hauptverfasser:	Bouchier, Nancy B, Cruikshank, Ken
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bathing Beaches - history Bays History of medicine and histology History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Humans Ontario Public health Public Health - history Recreation - history Sports medicine Swimming Swimming pools Swimming Pools - history Water pollution Water Pollution - history
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