About this objectBadge commemorating the 50 year Jubilee of The Royal Sanitary Institute in 1926. This badge was one of a collection owned by Martha Mary Webb (1881-1962). Nurse Webb lived in Letchworth Garden City from 1905.
Her concern for the elderly led to the opening of the Howard Garden Social Centre in 1953, where she was warden from 1953 until 1958. She left money in her will to set up Macfadyen Webb Housing Society in the 1960s, named after her and Dr Macfadyen, the first resident GP in the new Garden City. In 1970 the society built the 36 flats of Macfadyen Webb House on Norton Way North, Letchworth Garden City. The society became part of the Howard Cottages Society in 1999.
Previously known as the Sanitary Institute (1876-1904) the Royal Sanitary Institute (1904–55) was created during a period of great change within the areas of public health provision and sanitary reform, to which it contributed significantly.
MakerFattorini & Sons, & Bradford
Maker RoleMaker
Date Made1926
Period20th Century (1901-2000)
Medium and MaterialsMetal alloy
Enamel
Inscription and Marksobverse : THE ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE FOUNDED... : figure standing left : bar : JUBILEE/ LONDON 1926 :
