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14 cards from this deck
1780 to 1850
1850
Influenza; cholera; typhus; typhoid; smallpox
Miasma theory (bad air/poisonous vapours)
1848
1852
Extremely long hours for minimal wages
Little progress in basic sanitation over centuries
Laissez-faire (no government interference)
Led to sanitation improvements despite being wrong
Widespread use of child labour in dangerous conditions
Medieval accepted conditions; 19th century debated intervention
Forced govt to pass first Public Health Act
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