Key Dates of the Governments Actions

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The Sanitary Act
1866 - This required each town to appoint inspectors to keep an eye on the water supplies and how waste was disposed.
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The Artisans Dwelling Act
1875 - Gave local governments the power to remove slum housing.
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The First Public Health Act
1848 - This set up a National Board of Health which could appoint Local Health Boards to monitor the public health by setting standards for housing and raising taxes to make improvements.
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The Second Public Health Act
1875 - This forced local governments to provide clean water, public toilets and proper drains and sewers.
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Working men got the vote.
1867 - Government realised that to win support they needed to make promises for the working class.
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Compulsory smallpox vaccination
1852 - It wasn't widely effective at first but by 1980 the disease had been eradicated worldwide.
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1875 - Gave local governments the power to remove slum housing.

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The Artisans Dwelling Act

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1848 - This set up a National Board of Health which could appoint Local Health Boards to monitor the public health by setting standards for housing and raising taxes to make improvements.

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1875 - This forced local governments to provide clean water, public toilets and proper drains and sewers.

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1867 - Government realised that to win support they needed to make promises for the working class.

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