Modern Flashcards
What did the Liberal Part do to improve health ?
Passed laws to make life better for the poor
Give two examples of Liberal laws passes in Early 1900s
Old Age Pension
Free school meals
How was religion challenged?
People turned to science to explain things
What was the NHS?
National Health Service
Why was the NHS set up?
To solve the nation’s poor health
Provide free healthcare for all
What work did people do in the early 1900s?
Working class had manual jobs
How much of the population lived in towns/cities?
Half the population
How did work change after 1950s?
Less manual jobs
What is the problem with a growing population?
Very demanding on welfare state and NHS
What did the government do to improve housing in 1909?
Banned back-to-back housing
What did the 1919 Housing Act do?
Council housing would be funded by taxes
Set standards for new houses: Water supply, preventing damp
What was important about the 1930 Housing Act?
Landlords had to sell slums to councils to build nicer houses
How did housing change after WWII?
More high rise flats built
How did Margret Thatcher cause housing issues?
In 1980 she allowed people to buy their council houses so their weren’t enough left for the people who really needed them
What changed with food?
Cheaper imports led to varied diet
Convenience food was unhealthy
Supermarkets opened
How did rationing improve health?
People were growing their own food , which was healthier
What was BSE?
A disease spread from cows in 1996
Could affect the brain
Why did cases of rickets increase?
Less fresh fruit was eaten
Lack of Vitamin D from living in dark alleys
What was smog?
Smoky fog caused by factories burning too much coal
What was the danger of smog?
Led to lung diseases like bronchitis
When was the Great Smog in London?
1952
What was the Clean Air Act?
Factories and homes had to burn smokeless fuels
How many people died of Spanish Flue globally?
50 million
State symptoms of Spanish Flu
High temp
Bleeding ears and nose
Chills
What did James Niven do?
Successfully slowed spread in Manchester
Advice in newspapers, closed schools+ cinemas
What spreads HIV
Sexual contact
Sharing needles
What did the media report on for AIDs
Called it the ‘Gay Plague’
How did religion respond to AIDs?
Said it was a punishment for being gay or using drugs
How did people respond to AIDs?
Stopped doing mouth-to-mouth
Parents took children out of school
How did understanding of AIDs grow?
Provided clean needles
Free testing for HIV
Princess Diana shook hands with victims
What medication slows AIDs?
Retrovirals
What did the Royal College of Physicians do in 1962?
Published a report on the dangers of smoking
How has the government tried to stop smoking?
1963 banned cigarette ads on TV
1907 banned it in public
