British History 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryChanges in British society during the 20th centuryGCSEWJEC Created by: Kelsey PriceCreated on: 13-06-16 19:39 When was the NHS set up and by who? in 1948 by Aneurin Bevan MP, the minister of health and housing from Ebbw Vale 1 of 7 How many new homes and how many pre - fabricted homes? 21,000 council home and41,000 pre-fabricated homes 2 of 7 Three tier school system Grammar the Secondary Modern School then Technical school 3 of 7 Unemployment figures Jarrow= 67.8% Merthyr= 61.9% Oxford= 5.1% 4 of 7 Special Area Act? 1934, helped distresses areas such as South Wales, Tyneside, Scotland and West Cumberland. 5 of 7 What did the special area act do? provide places with employment requirements e.g Ebbw Vvale = steelworks. Only provided 12,000 jobs in two years 6 of 7 Effect of migration? estimated 430,000 people left in 20's and 30's. 17,000 of these from Merthyr. Rhondda population fell by 18% in 1930's 7 of 7
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