History Public Health Dates

Question	Answer
1836	The cumplosary registration of births and deaths began. William Farr organised the recording of the causes of all deaths in each district.
1842	Edwin Chadwick wrote the 'Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the labouring poor'.
1854	John Snow proved that an outbreak of cholera in London was caused by contaminated water.
1860's	Pasteur demonstrated the link between germs and disease.
1821/2	The first major cholera epidemic.
1848	The second major cholera epidemic.
1865/6	The third major cholera epidemic.
1867	The Parlimentary Reform Act.
1847	Some MPs introduced a Public Bill to parliament which aimed to improve things.
1848	The First Public Health Act was passed.
1858	The Great Stink.
1875	The Second Public Health Act was passed.
1876	All shopkeepers were prevented from seeing food that could harm customers.
1876	A law was passed to ban the pollution of rivers.
1906	Free meals were provided for school children.
1907	Schools provided health checks for pupils.
1908	Old Aged Pensions were introduced.
1909	Back-to-Back Houses were banned and regulations to specify minimum standards for new houses were introduced.
1911	The National Insurance Act was set up to help ill workers in need of money to buy food and medicines when they were unable to work.

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