Public Health in the nineteenth century
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- Edwin Chadwick
- In charge of enquiry into living conditions after two cholera outbreaks in 1837 and 1838
- Public Health in the 19th century
- Dr John Snow
- During another cholera outbreak in 1854 he noted that all the victims lived near the same water pump in Broad Street, Soho, London.
- He removed the handle so everyone had to use another water pump.
- The outbreak stopped.
- He removed the handle so everyone had to use another water pump.
- Later found that a street toilet was leaking into the pump's water source
- Snow suspected cholera was not airborne (miasma), but contagious and caught by contact with infected water.
- The Great Stink
- Despite Snow's findings, public health didn't improve
- In the summer of 1858 a heat wave caused the River Thames to produce the 'Great Stink'
- This alarmed politicians so much that with the combined new evidence about cholera, they agreed to pay for sanitary improvements
- Parliament gave Joseph Bazalgette enough money to build a new sewage system
- During another cholera outbreak in 1854 he noted that all the victims lived near the same water pump in Broad Street, Soho, London.
- The Great Stink
- Despite Snow's findings, public health didn't improve
- In the summer of 1858 a heat wave caused the River Thames to produce the 'Great Stink'
- This alarmed politicians so much that with the combined new evidence about cholera, they agreed to pay for sanitary improvements
- Parliament gave Joseph Bazalgette enough money to build a new sewage system
- Dr John Snow
- Government did not act on this, they believed in 'laissez-faire' ideas
- Need laws to be passed to improve drainage and sewers
- Need clean water for clean habits
- Medical officers should be appointed to take charge in each district
- Disease is caused by bad air, damp, filth and overcrowded houses
- Government action
- Another cholera epidemic in 1848
- Passed the 1848 Public Health Act
- Not compulsory
- Some towns made huge improvements, others chose to do nothing
- Passed the 1848 Public Health Act
- 1875 Public Health Act
- Made compulsory
- Medical Officers were appointed
- Councils ordered to build sewers, supply fresh water and collect the rubbish
- Public Health in the 19th century
- Dr John Snow
- During another cholera outbreak in 1854 he noted that all the victims lived near the same water pump in Broad Street, Soho, London.
- He removed the handle so everyone had to use another water pump.
- The outbreak stopped.
- He removed the handle so everyone had to use another water pump.
- Later found that a street toilet was leaking into the pump's water source
- Snow suspected cholera was not airborne (miasma), but contagious and caught by contact with infected water.
- During another cholera outbreak in 1854 he noted that all the victims lived near the same water pump in Broad Street, Soho, London.
- Dr John Snow
- Edwin Chadwick
- In charge of enquiry into living conditions after two cholera outbreaks in 1837 and 1838
- Government did not act on this, they believed in 'laissez-faire' ideas
- Need laws to be passed to improve drainage and sewers
- Need clean water for clean habits
- Medical officers should be appointed to take charge in each district
- Disease is caused by bad air, damp, filth and overcrowded houses
- Another cholera epidemic in 1848
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