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| Question | Answer |
| THE BEGINNINGS OF REFORM | . |
| When was the first Public Health Act? | 1848 |
| What were the terms of the 1848 Public Health Act? | -Established board of central health -Loans could be made for public health infrastructure -Boards set up where death rate is over 23 per 100 |
| What was the main limitation of the 1848 Public Health Act? | Local Authorities did not compel action |
| When was the second Public Health Act? | 1875 |
| What was the 1875 Health Act? | Laid down all the duties of a local council, they were forced to perform these tasks: -Provision of water -Proper drainage and sewage -Medical Officer of Health |
| What happened as a result of the 1875 Public Health Act? | -Working-class men could vote -Every local authority had to set up schools -Weakening of Laissez Faire -Quality of education improved -Working conditions improved -Compulsory vaccinations -Isolation hospitals -Laws against river pollution -Food regulations for shops -Building regulations -Regulation of Doctor's qualifications -Pasteur's germ theory proved link between dirt and disease |
| What three acts did Benjamin Disraeli introduce? | -Artisan Dwellings Act -Rivers Pollution Prevention Act -Food and Drugs Act |
| What is the Artisan Dwellings Act? | Local areas could buy slum areas and build on them-more and better quality housing |
| What is the River Pollution Prevention Act? | Solid matter or pollution not allowed to go into rivers (decreasing Cholera) |
| What is The Food and Drugs Act? | Food inspection took place, so that people were not eating harmful foods |
| What did Joseph Chamberlain do? | -Focuses on Birmingham -Pumps his own money into reform -Suggests the building of new streets, but it is too expensive, and objected by committee -Eventually they are rehoused from slums to suburbs |
| What is Lord William Lever instigate? | Model Villages |
| Describe how Lever set up Port Sunlight? | -56 acres of land in Cheshire -Schools for 500 children, 700 cottages, a concert hall, library, gym, open air pool -Rents 1 5th of weekly wage -Strict ethical codes: job loss is consequence for not following |
| Who set up Bournville? | George and Richard Cadbury |
| Describe how the Cadbury's set up Bournville | -Four miles from the city -Good transport links -Supply of Clean water -Chocolate factory -16 cottages for key workers -Each garden "not less thane 1 6th of an acre" with fruit trees |
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