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Created by: Jenny Holce
Created on: 21-05-16 19:38

1830s

great microscope technology improvements/people see microorganisms in water

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1831-32

cholera epidemic in British towns/kills rich & poor

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1842

Edwin Chadwick report: poor people live in dirty conditions/cause huge amount of illness (people too sick to work)/suggests: improve drainage/sewers,remove waste from streets, provide clean water supplies, appoint medical officers (fewer workers ill)

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1848

1st Public Health Act/towns told to clean up (no punishment from gov if not)/opposition: didn't want to pay taxes for town improvements (esp. rich who lived well/laissez-faire attitude)/some didn't like gov interference/set up General Board of Health

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1849

cholera outbreak/John Snow publishes 'On the Mode of Communication of Cholera'/proves cholera spread through water not bad air

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1853

compulsory vaccination against smallpox

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1854

John Snow continues to publish proof cholera spread through water by testing deaths around Broad Street pump/clean water essential to prevent cholera/General Board of Health disbanded

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1855

Nuisance Removal Act (overcrowding illegal)

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1856

London Board of Works established/supervised public works around city/Joseph Bazalgette elected chief engineer

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1858

London Great Stink/summer very hot/River Thames smell grows worse & worse (worst smells at Houses of Parliament)

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1861

Pasteur publishes germ theory (proves bacteria causes disease)

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1864

Factory Act (unhealthy factory conditions illegal)

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1866

towns must have clean water/sewage system asap (inspectors will check)/London sets standard: Bazalgette's sewer system means most of London connected to sewer

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1867

poor working men get vote

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1868

law passed to improve/demolish slum housing

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1875

Artisans Dwellings Act: law that landlords keep houses in good condition/allows councils to demolish them if not

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1875

Food & Drugs Act: illegal to sell food/drugs 'not of proper nature'

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1875

Public Heath Act: towns must keep streets/sewers clean/can charge taxes for this/compulsory on local councils

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1876

River Pollution Prevention Act: illegal for factories to dump waste/chemicals in rivers

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