Health and the People 2-4 Flashcards
What type of society did Britain transform from and to
From agricultural to industrial
Proof of the increase population
21 million in 1850
37 million in 1900
Examples of towns that had greatly increased popluation
Manchester, Leeds
When did working men get the right to vote
1880s
How did housing conditions decrease
Slums in overcrowded towns aswell as lodging and back-to-back housing
How did food quality change
Poor lived on potatos, bread and butter
Often adulteration
How did water quality change
Water companies dominate the water, charging high prices
Poor streets share one pump
Water is pumped from the rivers which is contaminated with human waste
How was waste handled differently
Poor share privies with their neighbor
Sewage collected into cesspits which are contaminated
Rich families had flushing toilets
When did cholera arrive in England
1831
When were all the cholera epidemics
1831, 1848, 1854, 1866
Beliefs about where Cholera came from
Spread through touch, miasma theory, punishment from God
When was the Cholera Bill and what did it do
1846 connected homes to sewers to decrease mia sa but on;y increased the spread of cholera
What did John Snow do and when
1854 proved cholera was caused by contaminated water
When was the Great Stink
1858
How was the Great Sink solved
Parliament gave £3 million to Joseph Bazzalgette to build 1300 miles of sewers across London
Public health acts in the industrial period
1848 allowed local authorities to set up Boards of Health, however was not compulsory
1875 forced public health authorities to take control of their sewage and water supply
Why did the government move away from lassiez-faire
In 1880s working men got the right to vote
In 1861 Louis Pasteur publishes germ theory, disproving prior beliefs
Edwin Chadwick publishes The Sanitary Condition of the Labouring poor in 1842
MODERN BRITAIN
MODERN BRITAIN
How did Politics, Culture, Economy and Society change throughout Modern Britain
1900
Working men over age of 21 have the right to vote
People believe in God and go to Church and play football
Most people are in labour jobs and new technologies like cars boost the economy
37 million people, most in lower class
2000
Welfare state, all men and women over 18 can vote
People consider science more, time spent on leisure
People work in service jobs and technology like internet boost economy
Population is 58 million and more middle class
How did housing change in Modern Britain
1919 Housing act causes for council houses to be built
1945 ‘new towns’ built to avoid overcrowding
‘Right-to-by’ led to shortage in council housing
How did food change in Modern Britain
Fast food consumption increase
Refrigeration technology
Suipermarkets increase food variety
How did air quality change in Modern britain
Coal burning from factories increases smog
Car use leads to air pollution
What happened with inactivity in Modern Britain
Car ownership
Leisure like TV
When was the Spanish Flu
1918
How many did the Spanish Flu kill worldwide
50 million
Government response to Spanish Flu
Mass graves used as wood ran out for coffins
Did not issue advice until 1918
Local authorites have to handle decisions
Dr. Wise on influenza produced to advise, however not enough copies produced
Government responses to AIDS in the EARLY 1980s
Newspapers and media call it the gay plague
and blamed on drug users as well
Government said that AIDS was spread through touch
Government responses to AIDS in the LATE 1980s
‘Don’t die of ignorance’ leaflet was sent to every household
Hospitals provide free testing for HIV
1987 Princess Dianna was photographed shaking hands with AIDS carriers
Governments improvement to public health
The NHS was made in 1948 offers care ‘from careful to grave’
Dental Hospital care Prescriptions GP
Pollution
1956 the clean air act is passed
Anti-smoking
1964 anti-smoking adverts
2007 smoking banned in public areas
2016 Blank packaging
Healthy lifestyles
5-a-day
Couch to 5k
