Changes in Standard of Living (1918-1951)

Question 1

Health:

Threats from horrible diseases like ___ declined after 19__ when local areas were forced to provide hospital based care, _____, for people suffering from it. TB cases _________ every year from 1920 to 1938.

Due to funding _________ in the Depression years, people began to benefit from _________ medicine in local areas that focussed on _____ and hygiene.

Answer 1

• TB
• 1921
• Free
• Decreased
• Shortages
• Preventative
• Diet

Question 2

Housing:

__% owned their own home in 19__ → 32% in 19__.

The _________ _________‘_ policy drove this change.

Decent new houses could be bought in London for £____ and £250 outside of London. Older houses were available for £____ - less than an old car.

Answer 2

• 10%
• 1914
• 1938
• National Government’s
• £450
• £125

Question 3

Hunger:

People suffered from poor ________ in the poorest areas of the country - places that suffered __________ because of the decline in __________ industry.

Working class ______ tended to suffer from hunger more than men because they would ensure their ______ and men as the “_______” of the household ate first.

Staple diet was “tick”.
*tick = a _____ staple food you could buy from the local __________.

Answer 3

• Nutrition
• Unemployment
• Traditional
• Women
• Children
• “Workers”
• “Tick”
• Cheap
• Greengrocer

Question 4

“Consumer comforts”

Between 19__ and 1938, the number of vacuum cleaners in the country _______. Mainly, these were purchased on _____.

New houses were _________, which drove a market for new electrical supplies.

Wider variety of fresh, _____ food from abroad while at the same time the price of _______ food and evaporated milk ____.

Early beginnings of a _______ culture in Britain.

Growth of supermarkets, Marks and Spencer and _________.

Answer 4

• 1930
• Doubled
• Credit
• Electrified
• Exotic
• Tinned
• Fell
• Teenage
• Sainsburys

Question 5

Causes of changes in living standards despite economic problems:

Action taken by the ______ government led to ________. They cut ______ _____ which allowed _______ for individuals and businesses to become _______.

Contextually, this was important as it made it ____ attractive to save money and spend it.

The total value of mortgages in 1937 was £___ million compared to 19__, at £316 million.

Answer 5

• National
• Recovery
• Interest Rates
• Borrowing
• Cheaper
• Less
• £636 mill
• 1930

Question 6

Impact on living standards:

This action fuelled the ______ boom in the southeast and _______ as more houses were built by businesses willing to borrow money and those houses are bought by individuals also willing to borrow.
And,
Between 19__-1932, ___,___ homes were built.
However between 1935-____, 279,000 homes were built.

Overall, better ________ management by the national government ________ living standards.

Answer 6

• Housing
• Midlands
• 1931
• 133,000
• 1936
• Economic
• Improved