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SUMMARY:The Peckham Experiment - Boris Jardine (Science Museum\, London)
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CONTACT:Helen Curry
DESCRIPTION:Begun in the 1920s by two medical practitioners\, the 'Peckham
  Experiment' was at once an investigation into the nature of 'health' and 
 part an attempt to reform the British healthcare system. Families were ask
 ed to pay a subscription to join the Pioneer Health Centre in South London
 \, and to undergo a yearly 'overhaul'. Social and leisure facilities were 
 laid on\, and in the mid-'30s the Centre moved from a modest town-house to
  a spectacular modern building\, replete with swimming pool\, glass partit
 ion walls and the use of an off-site farm. This talk tells the story of th
 e Peckham Experiment\, with particular emphasis on the founders' concern w
 ith the 'environment' of the individual\, linking this to the modernism of
  the Centre's architecture and contemporary trends in ecology.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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