Public health reform in the nineteenth century (OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World)): Flashcards
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Edwin Chadwick's role
Edwin Chadwick's role
English social reformer - reformed Poor Laws & public health
Chadwick's major report year
Chadwick's major report year
1842 - Sanitary Condition of Labouring Population
First Public Health Act year
First Public Health Act year
1848
Deaths from 1848 cholera outbreak
Deaths from 1848 cholera outbreak
52,000 lives
1875 Public Health Act introducer
1875 Public Health Act introducer
Benjamin Disraeli's Conservative government
Year smallpox vaccination compulsory
Year smallpox vaccination compulsory
1853
Florence Nightingale's 1854 reform
Florence Nightingale's 1854 reform
Improved hospital hygiene
Medical Officers of Health by 1872
Medical Officers of Health by 1872
Only 50 appointed
Ministry of Health established
Ministry of Health established
1919 - superseded Local Government Board
Artisan Dwelling Act year
Artisan Dwelling Act year
1875 - councils could clear slums & build homes
Sale of Food and Drugs Act year
Sale of Food and Drugs Act year
1876 - banned harmful substances in food
Education Act compulsory schooling
Education Act compulsory schooling
1870
Charles Booth's role
Charles Booth's role
Social researcher who documented working-class life in London
Booth's East End poverty finding
Booth's East End poverty finding
35% in abject poverty
Booth's publication years & title
Booth's publication years & title
1889 & 1891 - Life & Labour of People in London