Plaque

Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale

Inscription

Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale, 1874 - 1961, a founder of the Family Planning Association, operated his first birth control clinic here in 1921.
English Heritage

Site: Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale (1 memorial)

SE17, East Street, 153a

The plaque is around the corner in Dawes Street.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Family Planning Association

Founded by Doctor Charles Vickery Drysdale as the National Birth Control Coun...

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Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale

Electrical engineer and social reformer promoting family planning and eugenic...

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