19th and 20th Century - Public Health (reverse) Flashcards
Who helped improve the quality of health and treatments during the Crimean War?
Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole
When was the National Insurance Act?
1911-12
What lead to the Great Clean Up?
The Great Stink
What was one cause for the Public Health Act of 1875?
The Great Stink
By mapping deaths around his surgery in Broad Street, what did John Snow prove?
Cholera is water-borne (caused by pollution to the town water pump supply)
What caused growth of the towns and lead to overcrowding and poor living conditions?
The Industrial Revolution - 1760
When was the Old Age Pension Act?
1908
Which act gave working men the vote?
The Reform Act (1867)
When did working men get the vote?
1867 (Reform Act)
Promised housing fit for WW1 heroes lead to which act?
Housing Act (1919)
Who published the ‘Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population’?
Edwin Chadwick
What did Chadwick publish in 1842?
‘Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population’
What did the Free School Meals Act of 1906 do?
Provided free meals for school children
Better sewer systems and Pasteur’s Germ Theory helped what to change?
Hospitals
When was the Great Stink?
The summer of 1858
