Month: October 2014
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“Exposing the Poor to Experiment”
In 1921 Halliday Sutherland’s book Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine Against the Neo-Malthusians was published. The book had originated from an article he wrote for The Month (a Catholic magazine). Following a discussion with a priest, Father Joseph Keating, S.J., Sutherland developed the article into a book whilst on holiday in Inverness, Scotland. The words that led…
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Death in the East-End
In the 19-teens, Halliday Sutherland was the Medical Officer at the Marylebone Anti-Tuberculosis Clinic and he reflected on how the poor were exploited, even in death. From what I saw of the poor in London, it was clear that many of them were exploited, even in death. When Bill Smith was dying of consumption, the…