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Flashcards by Lewis Tonge, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lewis Tonge
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What was good about public health in Roman Britain? | +Sewers were built to get rid of human waste. +Aqueducts carried fresh water to towns. +Pipes carried fresh water to homes. +People bathed regularly in public baths. +Towns were built away from swamps and were kept clean. |
| What was bad about public health in Roman Britain? | +Many towns' waste water disposal systems had open drains which helped spread disease. |
| What was good about public health in The Middle Ages? | +Some towns had public baths. |
| What was bad about public health in The Middle Ages? | +Rubbish and dead animals were left in the street. +Rivers were contaminated with sewage. +No fresh water. |
| Public health problems: 1350-1750 | +Rubbish, dead animals and human and animal excrement were left on the streets. +Rivers were polluted so people resorted to drinking ale. +Poor sanitation caused health problems. |
| Public health - Action: 1350-1900 | +Laws were passed to stop people dumping in rivers and on streets. +Public toilets were built. +Public baths (stewes) were built. +Gin was made more expensive to improves peoples' health. +The smallpox vaccination was made compulsory in 1853. |
| Public health - Opposition to action: | +People believed that the government should not be involved with peoples' health............................................................ +People didn't want their taxes being....... 'wasted' on public health, especially on.... those who couldn't afford to pay for......... themselves.................................................... +The cause of disease was not................... understood until 1861................................. |
| Public health: Government action | +The 'Public Health Act' (1948 - voluntary ¦1975 - compulsary) allowed councils to: -Set up 'Local Board of Health'. -Appoint a local medical officer. -Organise the removal of rubbish. -Build a sewer system. |
| Public health - 1900-present: Steps to action | +Surveys by Booth and Rowntree showed how difficult it was for the working class to afford decent housing and food. +One third of volunteers to fight in the Boer warr (1899-1902). This reached up to 90% in slums. |
| Laws and acts: 1900-present | +1902='Midwives Act' - All midwives had to be trained registered............................... +1906=Free school meals for poor children.......................................................... +1907='School Medical Service'.................. +1908='Old Age Pensions Act'.................... +1911='National Insurance Act' - Health... insurance for working people..................... +1919=Ministry of Health - Gave an........... overview of health throughout the UK..... +1919-39=Many hospitals brought under the control of local authorities................... +1934=Free milk at primary school for...... poor children................................................ +1940=Free diptheria vaccines................... |
| Prevention since 1900 | +Funded more vaccines (e.g. polio - 1952).............................................................. +Funded medical tests................................. (e.g. cervical cancer - 2008)......................... +Funded posters, adverts and leaflets to.. raise awareness of illnesses (e.g. AIDs...... awareness campaign - 1980s)..................... +Ban on advertising tobacco...................... +High tax on many products (e.g............... cigarettes, alcohol)....................................... +Better disposal of sewage and rubbish... +Laws reducing pollution............................ (e.g. 'Clean Air Act' - 1956)........................... +Environmental Health Officers................. inspecting food outlets................................ |
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