The Milroy Lectures are given on topics in

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

, to the

Royal College of Physicians The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...

, London. They were set up by money left by

Gavin Milroy Gavin Milroy (1805–1886) was a Scottish physician and medical writer. Life Born in Edinburgh, where his father was in business, Milroy attended Edinburgh High School, and made medical studies at Edinburgh University. He became M.R.C.S. Edin. i ...

, who died in 1886.

List of lectures

To 1900

*1888 Robert Lawson, ''Epidemic Influences'' *1889

John Thomas Arlidge John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Seco ...

, ''Hygiene, Diseases and Mortality of Occupations'' *1890

Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of childr ...

, ''The Causes and Prevention of Phthisis'' *1891

Sir Richard Thorne Sir Richard Thorne Thorne (13 October 1841 – 18 December 1899) was a British physician, the fourth Chief Medical Officer in the United Kingdom. He was born the son of a banker in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and was educated at Neuwied i ...

, ''Diphtheria: Its Natural History and Prevention'' *1892 Francis Warner, ''On an Inquiry as to the Physical and Mental Condition of School Children'' *1893

Arthur Whitelegge Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

, ''On Changes of Type in Epidemic Diseases'' *1894

John Berry Haycraft John Berry Haycraft FRSE (bapt. 15 March 1857 – 30 December 1922) was a British physician and professor in physiology who carried out important medical research. Biography Haycraft was born in Lewes, East Sussex, England, in 1857, the son of ...

, ''Darwinism and Race Progress'' *1895

Arthur Newsholme Sir Arthur Newsholme (10 February 1857 – 17 May 1943) was a leading British public health expert during the Victorian era. Personal life He was born at Haworth and died at Worthing. He recalled talking with people who had known the Brontë fa ...

, ''The Natural History and Affinities of Rheumatic Fever'' *1896 Edward Cox Seaton, ''The Value of Isolation and its Difficulties'' *1897 William Collingridge, ''On Quarantine'' *1898

Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman K.St.J FRS FRCP (21 February 1862 – 11 April 1947) was a British medical doctor and senior medical officer in the Ministry of Health. He was the eldest son of Rev Arthur Charles Copeman, Vicar of St Andrew's ...

, ''On the Natural History of Vaccinia'', book version''Vaccination, Its Natural History and Pathology'' *1899

George Vivian Poore George Vivian Poore (23 September 1843 – 23 November 1904) was a British physician and writer. Life Poore was born in Andover, Kent the youngest son of Commander John Poore, RN and educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, London and ...

, ''The Earth in Relation to the Destruction and Preservation of Contagia'' *1900 Frederick Joseph Waldo, ''Summer Diarrhœa, with Special Regard to Causation and Prevention''

1901 to 1950

*1901 John Frederick J. Sykes, ''On The Influence of the Dwelling upon Health'' *1902 William Henry Corfield, ''On the Etiology of Typhoid Fever and its Prevention'' *1903 Herbert Timbrell Bulstrode, ''On the Causes, Prevalence and Control of Pulmonary Tuberculosis'' *1904 William Williams, ''On Deaths in Childbed: A Preventable Mortality'' *1905

Thomas Morison Legge Sir Thomas Morison Legge CBE"Legge, Sir Thomas Morison"

William Heaton Hamer William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conq ...

, ''Epidemic Disease in England: The Evidence of Variability and of Persistency of Type'' *1907 Leonard Rogers, ''On Kāla-azār'' *1908

John William Henry Eyre Prof John William Henry Eyre FRSE (1869–1944) was a British bacteriologist and ophthalmologist, specialising in the bacteriology of the eye. Life He was born in London on 18 July 1869 the son of John Eyre. He was educated privately and at W ...

, ''On melitensis septicaemia (Malta or Mediterranean Fever)'' *1909 Richard Tanner Hewlett, ''On Disinfection and Disinfectants'' *1910 Alexander Grant Russell Foulerton, ''The Streptotrichoses and Tuberculosis'' *1911

Arthur Edwin Boycott Arthur Edwin Boycott FRS (6 April 1877, Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcest ...

, ''On Ankylostoma infection'' *1912

Francis Arthur Bainbridge Francis Arthur Bainbridge FRS FRCP (29 July 1874 – 27 October 1921) was an English physiologist. History Bainbridge was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, in 1874 and educated at The Leys School. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, ...

, ''On Paratyphoid Fever and Meat Poisoning'' *1913

Robert McCarrison Major-General Sir Robert McCarrison, CIE, FRCP (15 March 1878 – 18 May 1960) was a Northern Ireland physician and nutritionist in the Indian Medical Service, who was made a Companion of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1923, (See p.3946 for list ...

, ''On the Etiology of Endemic Goitre'' *1914 Frank Shufflebotham, ''On the Hygienic Aspects of the Coal-Mining Industry in the United Kingdom'' *1915 Edgar Leigh Collis, ''Industrial pneumonoconioses with special reference to dust phthisis'', published 1919 *1916 Samson George Moore, ''Infantile Mortality and the Relative Practical Value of Measures Directed to Its Prevention'' *1917 William James Howarth, ''Meat inspection: with special reference to the developments of recent years'' *1918 Henry Richard Kenwood, ''On the Teaching and Training in Hygiene: Some Criticisms and Suggestions'' *1919 John Christie McVail, ''Half a Century of Small-pox and Vaccination'' *1920

Aldo Castellani Aldo Castellani, KCMG (8 September 1874 – 3 October 1971) was an Italian pathologist and bacteriologist. Life and achievements Castellani was born in Florence and educated there, qualifying in medicine in 1899. He worked for a time in Bonn ...

, ''The higher Fungi in relation to Human Pathology'' *1921

Martin Flack Martin William Flack (20 March 1882 – 16 August 1931) was a British physiologist who co-discovered the sinoatrial node with Sir Arthur Keith in 1907. Flack later became demonstrator of physiology at the London Hospital and later a lecturer. ...

, ''On Respiratory Efficiency in Relation to Health and Disease'' *1922

Major Greenwood Major Greenwood FRS (9 August 1880 – 5 October 1949) was an English epidemiologist and statistician. Biography Major Greenwood junior was born in Shoreditch in London's East End, the only child of Major Greenwood, a physician in general pr ...

, ''on the Influence of Industrial Employment upon General Health *1923 William George Savage, ''Canned Foods in Relation to Health'' *1924 William Glen Liston, ''Epidemiology of Plague'' *1925 Arthur Salusbury MacNalty, ''On Epidemic Diseases of the Central Nervous System'' *1926

William Whiteman Carlton Topley William Whiteman Carlton Topley FRS (19 January 1886 – 21 January 1944) was a British bacteriologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1930. He gave the Goulstonian Lectures in 1919 and the Milroy Lectures in 1926. Awarde ...

, ''Experimental Epidemiology in Mice'' *1927 William Francis Dearden, ''Health Hazards in the Cotton Industry'' *1928 Francis Albert Eley Crew, ''Genetical Aspects of Natural Immunity and Disease Resistance'' *1929 James Graham Forbes, ''Diphtheria Immunisation'' *1930 James Alison Glover, ''On the Incidence of Rheumatic Diseases'' *1931 Sheldon Francis Dudley, ''On Lessons on Infectious Diseases in The Royal Navy'' *1932 Charles Cyril Okell, ''On haemolytic streptococci'' *1933 Robert Cruickshank, ''on Pneumococcal infections'' *1934

George Seaton Buchanan George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Preside ...

, ''International co-operation in public health'' *1935 Eric Henry Rhys Harries, ''Infection and its Control in Children's Wards'' *1936 Edward Loggie Middleton, ''Industrial Pilmonary Disease due to the Inhalation of Dust'' *1937 Philip Montague D'Arcy Hart, ''prevention of pulmonary tuberculosis among adults in England'' *1938 Bernard Edward Schlesinger, ''Public Health Aspect of Heart Disease in Childhood'' *1939 Donald Stewart, ''Industrial Medical Services In Great Britain: A Critical Survey'' *1940 Ronald Edward Smith *1941 Norman Brandon Capon *1942

William Norman Pickles William Norman Pickles (6 March 1885 – 2 March 1969) was a British physician who worked as a general practitioner and was the first president of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1953. He showed the opportunities available to G ...

, ''Epidemic Diseases in Village Life in Peace and War'' *1943 Sydney Alexander Henry *1944 Arthur Harold Gale, ''A Century of Changes in the Mortality and Incidence of the Principal Infections which Cause Death or Disability in Childhood'' *1945 Henry Stanley Banks, ''Meningococcosis: a protean disease'' *1946 Hugh Edward Magee, ''Application of Nutrition to Public Health'' *1947 Ronald Epey Lane, ''The care of the lead worker'' *1948 Graham Selby Wilson, ''The Public Health laboratory Service'' *1949 Marc Daniels, ''Tuberculosis in post-war Europe'' *1950

Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys, 2nd Baronet (7 May 1892 – 14 December 1980) was a British physician who was a leading figure in the public health service. Career Weldon Champneys was the only surviving son of Sir Francis Champneys, 1st Barone ...

, ''Undulant fever, a neglected problem''

1951 to 2000

*1951 John Constable Broom, ''Leptospirosis'' *1952 Victor Henry Springett, ''An interpretation of statistical trends in tuberculosis'' *1953 W. Richard S. Doll, ''Bronchial carcinoma, incidence and aetiology'' *1954 D.A. Long, ''The pathogenesis of Rheumatic Fever'' *1955 James A. Smiley, ''Personal factors in accident proneness'' *1956 Richard Selwyn Francis Schilling, ''Chronic respiratory disease amongst cotton and other textile workers'' *1957 D.D. Reid, ''Environmental factors in respiratory disease'' *1958 Cecily D. Williams, ''Social medicine in developing countries'' *1959 Albert Ray Southwood, ''Aspects of Preventive Cardiology'' *1960 Leslie George Norman, ''The Medical Aspects of the Prevention of Road Accidents'' *1961 Henry George Miller, ''Accident neurosis'' *1962 R.F.L. Logan, ''The quality of medical care'' *1963

Andrew Meiklejohn Andrew Meiklejohn FRCP (1899 – 27 October 1970) was a Scottish respiratory physician, who entered the tuberculosis service, first in Sheffield and subsequently in Manchester, before studying lead poisoning and silicosis Silicosis is a form o ...

, ''The Successful Prevention of Lead Poisoning and Silicosis in the North Staffordshire Potteries'' *1964 Alick John Robertson, ''Tin Mining'' *1965 William Ivor Neil Kessel, ''Self-poisoning'' *1966 Daniel Thomson, ''Mass immunization in the control of infectious diseases'' *1967 Leon Golberg, ''Topics pertaining to the amelioration of food'' *1968? Arthur Salusbury MacNalty, ''The Prevention of Smallpox'' *1968 P. Henderson, ''The changing pattern of disease and disability in schoolchildren'' *1969 Kenneth Sunderland Holt, ''The Quality of Survival'' *1970 W.R. Thrower, ''Agriculture and the public health'' *1971 Richard de Alarcon, ''Drug Abuse as a Communicable Disease'' *1972 A. Gerald Shaper, ''Cardiovascular Disease in the Tropics'' *1973 D.J. Bauer, ''Antiviral Chemotherapy-the first decade'' *1974

Julian Tudor Hart Alan Julian Macbeth Tudor-Hart (9 March 1927 – 1 July 2018), commonly known as Julian Tudor Hart, was a British doctor who worked as a general practitioner (GP) in Wales for 30 years. He was involved with research and wrote many books and s ...

, ''The marriage of primary care and epidemiology'' *1975 John Lorber, ''The history of the management of myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus'' *1976 John Pemberton, ''Some failures of modern medicine'' *1977 John Peel Sparks, ''Recent experience of influenza'' *1978 Bertram Mann, ''Pulmonary asbestosis with special reference to an epidemic at Hebden Bridge'' *1979 Frederic Stanley William Brimblecombe, ''A new approach to the care of handicapped children'' *1980 David Henry Morgan Woollam, ''Teratogens in everyday life''PDF download
/ref> *1981 R. V. H. Jones, ''Privacy and the public health'' *1983 A. J. Buller, ''Research in and for the NHS'' *1984 Adetokunbo Oluwole O. Lucas, ''The persistent challenge of malaria and other tropical infections'' *1985 P. S. Harper, ''The prevention of Huntingdon's chorea: a study in genetics and epidemiology'' *1986 A. Young, ''The cachexia of old age'' *1987 R. Goulding, ''Poisoning as a social phenomenon'' *1988 J.E. Cotes, ''Occupational health today and tomorrow: a view from two shipyards'' *1989 R. Harris, ''The new genetics: a challenge to traditional medicine'' *1990 Clifford F. Hawkins, ''Audit of medico‐legal actions arising in the NHS'' *1992 Richard J. Lilford,'' Logic versus intuition in medical decision making'' *1993 Ian M. Leck, ''Clinical and public health ethics‐conflicting or complementary?'' *1994 S. Ebrahim, ''Public health implications of ageing'' *1995 Zarrina Kurtz, ''Do children's rights to health care in the UK ensure their best interests?'' *1997

Joe Collier Joel Dale Collier (born June 7, 1932) is an American former football coach who was the head coach of the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League (AFL) from 1966 through part of 1968, compiling a 13–16–1 record. College career Collier ...

, ''Rationalising state spending on medicines'' *1998 Graham C.M. Watt, ''Not only scientists but also responsible citizens'' *2000

John Ashton John Ashton may refer to: Entertainment * John Ashton (composer) (1830–1896), Welsh musician * Will Ashton (John William Ashton, 1881–1963), British-Australian artist and art director * John Rowland Ashton (1917–2008), English author * John ...

, ''State medicine and public hygiene ‐ implications of the new public health''

From 2001

*2001 Peter Elwood, ''Aspirin: past, present and future'' *2002

Gabriel J. Scally Gabriel John Scally FFPHM (born September 1954) is an Irish public health physician and a former regional director of public health (RDPH) for the south west of England. He is a visiting professor of public health at the University of Bristol and ...

, ''"The very pests of society" – the Irish and 150 years of public health in England'' *2003

Graham Winyard Graham Winyard CBE FRCP FFPH (born January 1947) is a public health physician who was medical director of the National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of th ...

, ''Doctors, managers and politicians'' *2004 Rajan Madhok, ''Doctors in the new millennium: Hippocrates or Hypocrites?''; M. W. Adler, ''Sex is dangerous!'' *2005 C. M. McKee, ''Winners and losers: the health effects of political transition in Eastern Europe'' *2006 J. R. Britton, ''Smoking: the biggest challenge to public health'' *2007 P. Tyrer, ''Personality disorder and public mental health'' *2008 R. Zimmern, ''Testing challenges: the evaluation of novel diagnostics and biomarkers'' *2009 C. Law, ''Will our children be healthy adults?'' *2010 P. Easterbrook, ''Universal access to antiretroviral therapy by 2010: responding to the challenge'' *2011 S. Griffiths, ''Promoting the public's health: lessons from east and west'' *2012 Gareth Williams, ''Flat learning curve: why the anti-vaccination movement has survived into the 21st century'' *2014

Chris Whitty Sir Christopher John MacRae Whitty (born 21 April 1966) is a British epidemiologist serving as Chief Medical Officer for England (CMO) and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government since 2019. He has also been Gresham Professor of Physic sin ...

, ''Eradication of disease: Hype, hope and reality'' *2017 John Middleton ''Secure, healthy, inclusive and green – four dividends of a healthier future''

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External links

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