Public Health In The 19th Century

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1. What did the government think should be done?

  • They didn't care
  • Nothing, since they had a Laissez-faire attitude
  • They began to appoint a general board of health
  • They began to look into it
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2. When was it abolished?

  • 1855
  • 1859
  • 1858
  • 1854

3. Who was John Snow?

  • A man who cured Cholera in 1854
  • A man appointed to a Cholera outbreak in 1854
  • A man who invented Cholera in 1854
  • A man who worked on pumps in Britain

4. What prompted the act?

  • Rising death rate
  • The governments attitude
  • A cholera outbreak
  • A public vote

5. What did this lead to?

  • Clearner houses, public toilets and pumps being banned
  • Cleaner towns and food, rubbish being burned instead of dumped
  • Cleaner towns, Health officers, Local councils checking quality
  • Cleaner town, General Board of health being set up, compulsory cleaning
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