Public Health
- Created by: Sophie Perrett
- Created on: 11-06-13 16:41
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- Public Health from 1800's
- Edwin Chadwick wrote a report in 1842, public health is worse than it's ever been
- So..
- Public Health Act 1848
- Public Health Act 1875
- By 1900 people were living longer, healthier lives
- Public Health Act 1848
- By 1900 people were living longer, healthier lives
- So..
- The work of John Snow
- He proved that clean water was the reason for the spread of cholera but nothing was done
- Many scientists still clung on to the theory of miasma (Flemming's theory was still not published)
- The Great Stink
- The summers of 1858 was very hot and dry meaning there wasn't much rainfall, meaning the smell form the river got worse!
- AS A RESULT
- Sewers
- Soap
- Lavatories
- National Health Service
- July, 1948
- Everyone got free treatment
- Edwin Chadwick wrote a report in 1842, public health is worse than it's ever been
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