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the fact that the first considerable fall in the death rate from that disease coincides with the sanitary awakening which marked the beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria.” Because of this movement to sanitize cities, the Committee on Health of Glasgow created “Hints About the Prevention of Consumption.” This document along with the “gospel of health” stated five specific rules to be followed to combat tuberculosis. “(1) The general sanitation of towns, including drainage of subsoil and…

Introduction The first time I have heard the term “Social Exclusion” was in a lecture on social housing given by Ms’ “Olivia Duncan” who gave us a questionnaire at the beginning of the course asking us if social housing can prevent social exclusion and help solve this problem. I could not understand the question at that time; I did not get the meaning of social exclusion, what did she mean by that? I asked myself, what does it mean to be socially excluded? I left that question unanswered. As we…

‘Support for tourism’ Reasons for government involvement There are many reasons the Scottish government would be involved in the tourism industry of the country, this is because tourism generates a huge income for the country. The total number of employment in the tourism industry in 2011 was 2.4 million, most of the employment involved as in the food and beverage service industry which employed 458,000 people. Travel and tourism is an industry which relies on its employees, they earn money…

The 2015 General Election saw the Conservatives win an overall majority, 12 seats ahead of the Labour party and was said to be the most unpredictable election in a generation. With scores of the population having turned away from traditional styles of voting, a nation of swing voters emerged (Cowley and Kavanagh). Whilst it is true to say that social class and age remain fundamental components, it could also be said that more modern short term factors such as issue voting and the media have…

Live Life To The Fullest An Italian proverb states.“If you can’t live longer, live deeper”. This quote is from Italy because the quote was created from someone that lived there. The quote basically means that everyone should live their life to the fullest because once you’re gone you can’t come back. The quote still fits in with today’s society because people are still going out and taking a big task before their time passes. This proverb can be shown through historical people, literature,…

Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Save the International Students the Crap of Racism in Cape Breton University Background Information Life at Cape Breton University in Sydney is full of opportunity, diversity, and excellence in the academic field. The university has the largest population of international students out of the eleven universities located in Nova Scotia. Saint Mary’s University is second to CBU in terms of the population of international students. The rising number of students is…

Power to make machines work was provided by water wheels, by horse, or by human hands or feet. Steam power was used to pumped water from some mines. But in 1825 many people still worked in small workshops, but some industries were now based in factories, where the machines were driven by steam engines. The cotton industry was now bigger and more important than the wool industry. Since 1750 coal production had tripled, and iron production had increased by ten times.…

who could afford to live in a property above that value. The effect of this reform nationally was to double the number of men who were entitled to vote and in the growing towns the increase was even greater – for example, the number of voters in Glasgow increased from 18,000 to 47,000. The reform Act also made representation in parliament fairer. Boroughs which had become depopulated lost their right to send MPs to parliaments, while growing towns gained the right to send more. This attempted…

In this corner we have Adam Smith, best known for his book The Wealth of the Nations where he introduced his theory of the ‘Invisible Hand’ to explain the market as a self-correcting mechanism. A strong proponent of free market and liberal trade policiess, division of labour and self interest. In the other corner holding the golden sickle, we have Karl Marx. The father of Communism, he authored Das Kapital, applying his theory of history to explain class exploitation and calling for an…

It was a very sunny day when I interviewed my old pediatrician. He used to work in the Emergency department when he was younger before switching over to pediatrics. I approached him with questions regarding dilemmas in pediatrics when he told me about an incidence in the emergency department which was a difficult case for him during his resident year. The case history A 21 month old boy presented to his local emergency department having reportedly fallen down the stairs. The mother said she…