The 1848 Public Health Act includednational board to oversee things. Local areas were encouraged to collect rates (taxes) to pay for improvements in sanitation and a medical officer to oversee the improvements. What was wrong with this new Act?
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When did John Snow make the link between dirty water and Cholera?
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When did Joseph Bazzalgette start work on building the London sewer system?
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Who started to develop one of the first housing schemes to improve living conditions of the London poor in 1865?
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When was Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination enforced?
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When did Louis Pasteur publish his Germ Theory, thus disproving Spontaneous Generation?
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In which year did Benjamin Disraeli put forward the Reform Act so that working class men could have the vote?
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When was the second public health act introduced?
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When did Benjamin Disraeli introduce the Artisans' Dwelling Act?
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When did Benjamin Disraeli introduce the Sale of food and Drugs Act? The aim of this was to stop food being adulterated in order to make food heavier meaning the shopkeeper could charge more money.
