Punch,  51 (1866), 100.

The Two G's

Anon

Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Government, Utilitarianism, Class, Disease, Pollution, Hospitals


    Describes a quarrel between two 'G's'—central government and local government. Includes central government's attack on local government, which is responsible for the filth and immorality in casual workhouse wards and the 'suffering and brutality' in paupers' sick rooms.



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