Guessing from the apparent period, I would guess this was Edwin Chadwick, who devised the Poor Law Reform Act of 1834, the one which introduced poorhouses in all the glory Dickens was so inspired by. To be fair to him, he also did a lot of work on public health and sanitation. Yes, my O Level History had a function after all.

I notice the determined patriotism of the Food Factory, unmatched by Sizzles, though possibly only for lack of a second storey.