p This sixth volume in the iCollected Works of Florence Nightingalei reports Nightingale's considerable accomplishments in the development of a public health care system based on health promotion and disease prevention. It follows directly from her understanding of social science and broader social reform activities, which were related in iSociety and Politicsi Volume 5. iPublic Health Carei includes a critical edition of iNotes on Nursing for the Labouring Classesi, papers on mortality in aboriginal schools and hospitals, and on rural health. It reports much unknown material on Nightingale's signal contribution of bringing professional nursing into the dreaded workhouse infirmaries. This collection presents letters and notes on a wide range of issues from specific diseases to germ theory, and relates some of her own extensive work as a nurse practitioner, which included organizing referrals to doctors and providing related care. p p Currently, Volumes 1 to 11 are available in e-book v