John Jeyes. The making of a household name
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- Author(s) Palfreyman, David
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1977
- Pages 127pp; illus
- Publisher The firm
- Place Published Thetford
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Commissioned history. Commissioned from a 'specialist in study of 19th century medicine'. Much about the early disinfectant industry generally and the social and medical background to the company's products and activities. Historical account of the business [pp47-90] concludes in 1914-18. Has chapters: 'The good old days ...'; 'The disinfection controversy'; 'John Jeyes' Sanitary Compounds Co Ltd, 1879-1918'; 'Jeyes today'