Crutchfield (The Knick)

Crutchfield is a fictional character in the Cinemax television series The Knick, which is set in the Knickerbocker Hospital in New York City in the early 1900s. Crutchfield is a sanitation inspector who plays a role in several episodes, particularly those dealing with outbreaks of disease and the unsanitary conditions prevalent in the city at the time. His interactions often highlight the tension between public health concerns and the political and economic realities of the era. He is portrayed as a concerned, albeit somewhat bureaucratic, figure trying to navigate a challenging system.