Edwin Chadwick Flashcards
1
Q
During what time period did Chadwick work?
A
Industrial
2
Q
Who was Edwin Chadwick?
A
A civil servant who worked for the Poor Law Commission in the 1830s/40s. He became a member of the National Board of Health, set up in 1848
3
Q
What did he do?
A
- Wrote a ‘Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population’
- Pushed the government to pass 1848 Public Health Act after the cholera epidemic
4
Q
When did he write his report?
A
1842
5
Q
What did his report state?
A
- Said that the poor lived in conditions which made them ill
- The rich should pay higher taxes to help the poor
