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Public Health
- The towns of Britain
were characterised by
overcrowding, poor
housing, bad water
and disease.
- Edwin
Chadwick
- In 1842, Chadwick published a "Report on
the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring
Population of Great Britain
- He said that improving public
health will save money rather than
cost money
- He said that improving public
health will save money rather than
cost money
- In 1842, Chadwick published a "Report on
the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring
Population of Great Britain
- A Cholera outbreak in
1848 scared the
government to do
something about the
prevention of disease
- In 1848 the first Public
Health Act caused the
setting up of a Board of
Health, and gave towns
the right to appoint a
Medical Officer of Health.
- In 1853 vaccination
against smallpox
was made
compulsory.
- In 1854 improvements
in hospital hygiene
were introduced
- In 1875 a Public Health Act enforced
laws about slum clearance, provision
of sewers and clean water, and the
removal of nuisances.
- The first public health measures were
based upon the idea that miasmas (bad
smells) caused disease.
- Factors
- Rapid Growth of Towns
- Governments attitude
- Engineering Projects
- Scientific Knowledge
- Attitude to sickness
- Several Cholera outbreaks
- Rapid Growth of Towns
- John Snow
- He discovered
that Cholera was
caused by dirty
water
- He discovered
that Cholera was
caused by dirty
water
- Joseph Bazalgette
- He fought for the
improvement of London's
sewers
- He fought for the
improvement of London's
sewers
- Government action
- Public Health Act,1848
- Factory Act,1864
- Sanitary Act, 1866
- Public Health Act 1875
- Public Health Act,1848
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