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Chadwick

Report on the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain

Chadwick

Said good health would save money

1832

First cholera epidemic in Britain

1848

First Public Health Act

Public Health Act 1848

Non-compulsory

John Snow

Linked cholera to dirty water

John Snow

Removed the Broad Street pump's handle

1858

The Great Stink

The Great Stink

Encouraged the government to build a proper sewer system

The Great Stink

Caused by hot weather and waste in the Thames

1859

London's sewerage system was built

Bazalgette

Designed and built London's sewerage system

Laissez-faire

The belief that the government shouldn't intervene

1875

Second Public Health Act

Public Health Act 1875

Was compulsory, forced towns to make changes

Artisans' Dwellings Act

Local councils had to buy and rebuild slums

PM Disraeli

Introduced PHA 1875 and ADA

1867

Reform Act

1867 Reform Act

Gave working class men the vote

1875 Sale of Food and Drugs Act

Prevented sale of harmful food and drugs

1876 River Pollution Prevention Act

Stopped people dumping waste in rivers

Start of the 20th century

Large families lived in one room


Start of the 20th century

People shared a toilet with their neighbours


Start of the 20th century

Poor worked long hours for low wages

Workhouses

Basic food for long, dangerous work

1899 Boer War

40% of volunteers were unfit for service

Booth

Published the Life and Labour of the People in 1889

Life and Labour of the People

Showed 30% of London lived in poverty

Booth

Showed that wages were too low to support a family

Rowntree

Published Poverty, a Study of Town Life

Rowntree

Showed that 28% of York were too poor to live

Cadbury

Built Bourneville - model village

Lever

Built Port Sunlight - model village

Chamberlain

1873 Mayor of Birmingham

Friendly societies

Similar to trade unions

Chamberlain

Persuaded authorities to buy the gas and water supplies

Chamberlain

Cleared the slums in Birmingham

Liberals and conservatives

Didn't believe in helping people

Labour Party

Believed the poor needed government help

Liberals and conservatives

Had to help the poor in order to get votes

Liberals

Brought in social reforms

1916

Lloyd George became PM

Liberal Reforms

Free schools meals in 1906

Liberal Reforms

School medical inspections in 1907

Liberal Reforms

Old Age Pension Act 1908

Liberal Reforms

Labour exchanges (job centres) in 1909

Liberal Reforms

National Insurance Act in 1911

Children and Young Persons' Act

Made it illegal for children to buy alcohol/cigarettes

Pension

For low income people over 70

National Insurance Act

Helped workers pay for health insurance

Lloyd George

Introduced the liberal reforms

Churchill

Supported the tax raises in 1909

Bevan

Introduced the NHS