The Case for Action

The Case for Action by Innes H. Pearse and G. Scott WilliamsonA Survey of Everyday Life under Modern Industrial Conditions, with Special Reference to the Question of Health.Published by Faber & Faber in 1931 this volume sets out the arguments for the expansion of the pioneering health centre that became famous as the Peckham Experiment. This was a project based in Pearse's interest in studying and promoting health in a social context. The Peckham Experiment came to an end in 1950, when it proved to be incompatible with the new National Health Service which was more concerned with treating illness than with nurturing good health, and which had less interest in community and self-reliance.