Healthcare changing Flashcards
1
Q
What year was the First Public Health Act passed?
A
1848
2
Q
What year was the Second Public Health Act passed?
A
1875
3
Q
Where was all human waste going before Bazalgette stepped in?
A
River Thames
4
Q
What did Bazalgette design?
A
Sewers
5
Q
What challenges did Bazalgette have to overcome?
A
The government were very reluctant to give him the money and permission. He was also under a lot of pressure.
6
Q
What were the main diseases being spread before Bazalgette, Snow and Chadwick helped to stop them?
A
Cholera, Typhus, Dysentery
7
Q
In what year was the sanitary act passed?
A
1866
8
Q
What year did the Artisans’ and Labourer’s Dwellings Act get passed?
A
1875
9
Q
What was the name of the belief that disease spreads through the air?
A
Miasma
