Why did reforms to public health becomes such a pressing issue from c1780

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  • Why did reforms to PH become such a pressing issue from c1780
    • PH problems caused by the industrial revolution
      • The impact of a rising mobile population
      • The impact on people's living conditions
      • Housing
      • Sanitation
    • Impact of epidemics on the health of the nation
    • Increasing understanding about the causes of disease
      • The miasma theory of disease
      • The germ theory of disease
    • The Cholera epidemic 1832
      • Cholera-phobia riots
      • How the govt. reacted to the cholera outbreak
      • A cure for cholera?
    • Reports on the state of towns
      • The moral and physical condition of the wc of Manchester 1832 - Dr James Kay
      • Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Laboring Population of Great Britain 1842 - Chadwick
      • Report of the Royal Commission into the Sanitary Condition of Large Towns and Populous Districts 1844
      • Report of the Bradford Woolcombers Committee 1845
    • Drainage systems and water supplies: technological advancement
      • Flushing toilets
      • Water supply
      • Sewerage

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