Government Actions on Public Health

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  • Created on: 31-05-16 18:45
When did Cholera first reach Britain?
1831, epidemic by 1832
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What was Edwin Chadwick's profession?
Head of Workhouses, he trained as a solicitor
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What was the name of the report that Edwin Chadwick published and when?
Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain in 1842
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What was Edwin Chadwick's theory?
It was cheaper to improve conditions than to treat the disease after
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When was the first Public Health Act created then abolished?
Created in 1848, abolished in 1854
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Why was the first Public Health Act unsuccessful?
It was not compulsory, improving public health was expensive and poor didn't want tax money going to the poor
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When was the second compulsory Public Health Act created?
1875 (after germ theory in 1861)
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