Health and the People MODERN

Question 1

How many British and Commonwealth soldiers died in WW2

Answer 1

2mil

Question 2

What were the army trained in in WW1?

Answer 2

Only the basics of first aid

Question 3

What is a welfare state?

Answer 3

Government tries to look after its people

Question 4

When were free school meals introduced?

Answer 4

1906

Question 5

When was the national insurance introduced?

Answer 5

1911

Question 6

When was the NHS introduced?

Answer 6

1948

Question 7

What factor was less prevalent in the 20th century?

Answer 7

religion

Question 8

What type of drug is penicillin?

Answer 8

antibiotic

Question 9

Who pioneered the purification of penicillin?

Answer 9

E.B. Chain and Howard Florey

Question 10

Why did the US government start trying to mass produce penicillin

Answer 10

WWII

Question 11

When was the idea of a free NHS mentioned?

Answer 11

1942 by William Beveridge

Question 12

What is the first liberal law to support the welfare state?

Answer 12

1906 - free school meals

Question 13

When were all births legally required to be notified to the government?

Answer 13

1907 - everyone would be able to gain state benefits

Question 14

When were Old Age Pensions introduced?

Answer 14

1908

Question 15

When were labour exchanges set up?

Answer 15

1909 - helped people find work

Question 16

What was the national insurance act?

Answer 16

All workers had to pay a weekly stamp, and they could take out from it if they got ill - introduced 1911

Question 17

What law introduced a weekly half day for all shop workers?

Answer 17

1911 shops act

Question 18

Why was the 1911 parliament act important?

Answer 18

It meant mps were paid - poorer people could become MPs now.

Question 19

What law made Child abuse illegal?

Answer 19

1908 Young person’s act

Question 20

Who was McIndoe?

Answer 20

He worked on treating soldiers with horrific facial injuries in WW2

Question 21

When was the British National Blood Transfusion Service opened?

Answer 21

1938

Question 22

What method was developed to clean wounds in WW2?

Answer 22

Cutting away flesh and soaking the wound in Saline solution

Question 23

When were X-Rays discovered?

Answer 23

1895

Question 24

Why were X-Rays developed in WW1?

Answer 24

Mobile X-Ray units were deployed in battlefields.

Question 25

Who first pioneered plastic surgery?

Answer 25

Harold Gillies - he grafted skin

Question 26

How many people did Harold Gillies treat by 1921?

Answer 26

5000 men

Question 27

What was discovered that was instrumental in blood transfusions

Answer 27

Glucose and Sodium Citrate stopped blood clotting

Question 28

When was the Army Leg Splint Developed?

Answer 28

WW1

Question 29

What did the percentage of deaths caused by infectious diseases change from 1919 to 2000?

Answer 29

20% to 1%

Question 30

When was the triple vaccine given out in Britain?

Answer 30

1954