PUBLIC HEALTH

WHY A NEED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH:

• pressure came from authorities to sort out mass issues
• disease was not a respector of persons, Queen Victoria's husband (Albert) died from TB and her daughter Alice from diptheria
• victorian diseases and death was so common that it became a way of life
• preventing disease had to come from appropriate medical knowledge
• wasn't until 1867 when the Germ Theory was discovered that people began considering how to improve public health by preventing dirt and filth

POPULATION:

• overcrowding became increasingly common
• in 1801, the population of people living in towns was around 33% but in 1891 it was 72%
• in the 1820s, Bristol's population grew by 70%
• one million migrants settled in London in the 1840s making it incredibly strained
• birth rates were continuously above death rates
• but in Manchester, 57% of babies died before their 5th birthday
• the actual rate of growth was more concerning

HOUSING:

• poor housing had always been around, right from the medieval times with slums
• cellars and attics were…