health

I recently read that in third class there were only two bathrooms, and that many men urinated in the darkest corners at night, I wonder: How much must there be in these corridors and rooms of poor and not very clean people? It seems strange to me that no one talks about the real conditions and...

Good morning:) As someone who studies this kind of subject in University, I really would like to know about the mental health facilities during the edwardian times. I have heard horrible anecdotes of what it was like to be labelled „mentally sick“ or „insane“ in the 19th century. There was lots...

Were there any such thing of a medical checks for crew before a voyage? Like we have today. And if not, Considering Smith's age, would he even pass if there were medicals?

I heard from sources that there was a medical officer that greeted the steerage passengers. If this officer was in any how affiliated with the crew, what is his name?

How many medical staff (i.e nurses, doctors) were onboard the last voyage and is their anywhere where there is a list of them online??

His Ailment Nervous Breakdown Declares H. L. Satterlee His Soninlaw NEVER TOOK A VACATION Financier Will Get Complete Rest in Rome Where No One Bothers Him Special Cable Despatch to The Sun ROME March 14"Mr. Morgan is not suffering from organic disease nor because he is an old man" said H. L...

Does anyone have a link or other information on the sort of health related checks that were carried out for new arrivals in the USA around 1912?

I had a little bird and it's name was Enza and I opened up the Window and In Flu Enza Children's song about the Spanish Influenza 1918 Okay Folks- I always wondered if any Titanic survivors or relatives of Titanic passengers got sick with the dreaded Influenza. Can any of you include...

Hi! I'm wondering were there Doctors employed by White Star on board, and what type of medical situations could be handled on the ship?

Whilst trawling through some older posts regarding Captain Smith's actions, I wondered if any of these might have been affected by his age and/or physical and mental health. He was afterall 62 years old and from a family where most of the men died in their sixties. The question I want to ask is...