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11 Cards in this Set
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This caused more and more people to move into towns for work and made them overcrowded |
Industrial Revolution begins in Britain - 1760 |
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The first major outbreak of cholera in London in the 1800s. It drew the attention of people to Public Health issues. |
Cholera outbreak in London kills approx. 8,000 1831 - 1832 |
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Investigation into the Poor Laws - 1832 |
This investigation found that the money to help the poorest unemployed (paid for out of taxing the rich) was rising each year. This brought the general health of the poorest to the attention of the government who wished to save money. |
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This act stopped the payment of money to the poor unemployed and instead sent them to work in the 'work house'. Conditions were bad inside - crowded, unsanitary an with a bad diet given to workers. |
1834 - Poor Law Amendment Act |
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Edwin Chadwick publishes Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain - 1842 |
This report brought the living standards of working class people to the attention of the Government for the first time. |
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This epidemic along with Chadwick's Report caused the government to create the 1848 Public a Health Act. |
Cholera epidemic kills approx. 12,000 - 1848 |
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Public Health Act 1848 |
The first ever a Public Health however it was not compulsory for most councils to act on it. |
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1854 - Broad Street cholera outbreak |
This cholera outbreak allowed John Snow to gather the evidence for his theory. |
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Dr John Snow diagnoses the waterborne nature of cholera - 1855 |
Proved the link between cholera and dirty water as the Germ Theory was discovered in the 1800s |
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This focused Parliaments attention on Public Health due to the smell of the Thames. |
The Great Stink of 1858 |
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This epidemic focussed the attention of the Government on Public a health and helped people to realise that the 1848 Public Health Act had not been very effective |
Cholera epidemic in London - 1866 |
