Growing government involvement in public health (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards
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Liberal governments abandoned laissez-faire (years)
Liberal governments abandoned laissez-faire (years)
1906-1914
Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (who & when)
Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (who & when)
English sociological researcher on poverty (1871-1954)
Rowntree's three York studies (years)
Rowntree's three York studies (years)
1899, 1935, 1951
Rowntree: poverty caused by...
Rowntree: poverty caused by...
Low wages, not lack of effort
1899 York study: % below poverty line
1899 York study: % below poverty line
27.84%
1935 study: unemployment as % of poverty
1935 study: unemployment as % of poverty
44%
National Insurance Act year
National Insurance Act year
1911
1911 Act: employee health insurance contribution
1911 Act: employee health insurance contribution
4 pence/week
1911 Act: sick pay amount & duration
1911 Act: sick pay amount & duration
10 shillings/week for 26 weeks
1911 Act: maternity benefit
1911 Act: maternity benefit
30 shillings
Beveridge Report year
Beveridge Report year
1942
Beveridge Report: social security phrase
Beveridge Report: social security phrase
From cradle to grave
Five giant evils (Beveridge Report)
Five giant evils (Beveridge Report)
Squalor, ignorance, want, idleness, disease
NHS launch date
NHS launch date
5 July 1948
NHS founder/introducer
NHS founder/introducer
Aneurin Bevan