Developments in Public Health 1800-1914 Key Dates 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryPublic Health 1800-1914GCSEOCR Created by: Louisa WhiteCreated on: 12-06-16 12:19 1831/2 Cholera outbreak in Britain 1 of 39 1838 Dr Southwood Smith finds 14,000 cases of fever amongst the poor of Whitechapel, London 2 of 39 1839 William Farr compiles statistics about births and deaths round the country 3 of 39 1842 Edwin Chadwick's 'Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain' 4 of 39 1847 Public Health Bill 5 of 39 1848 Cholera outbreak 6 of 39 1848 Public Health Act 7 of 39 1853 Tax taken off soap 8 of 39 1854 Opposition brings an end to the Central Board of Health 9 of 39 1854 Cholera outbreak 10 of 39 1854 Dr John Snow shows that cholera is spread by contaminated water 11 of 39 1858 Dr John Simon made Medical Officer for Health 12 of 39 1858 The 'Great Stink' 13 of 39 1858(-1865) Joseph Bazelgette designs and builds London's sewer system 14 of 39 1864 Louis Pasteur demonstrated Germ Theory 15 of 39 1866 Cholera outbreak 16 of 39 1867 Working men in towns given the right to vote 17 of 39 1869 Royal Sanitary Commission set up 18 of 39 1871 Local Government Board set up to oversee admin of public health 19 of 39 1872 Public Health Act 20 of 39 1874 Disraeli becomes Prime Minister for the second time 21 of 39 1875 Second Public Health Act 22 of 39 1875 Artisans Dwelling Act 23 of 39 1876 The Rivers Pollution Act 24 of 39 1876 Joseph Chamberlain and the Birmingham improvement scheme 25 of 39 1877 Lever brothers begin the setting up of the Port Sunlight Model Village 26 of 39 1878 The Cadbury brothers set up the Bourneville model village 27 of 39 1884 Working men in the country given the right to vote 28 of 39 1886(-1903) Charles Booth surveys the living conditions in the East End of London 29 of 39 1899 Seebohm Rowntree surveys the living conditions of the poor in York 30 of 39 1899 1 in 3 recruits for the Boer War rejected on grounds of ill health 31 of 39 1900 Formation of the Labour Party 32 of 39 1906 Free school meals 33 of 39 1907 School medical inspections 34 of 39 1912 School clinics 35 of 39 1908 Old age pensions 36 of 39 1909 Labour exchanges 37 of 39 1910 Lloyd George's budget 38 of 39 1912 National Insurance Act 39 of 39
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