NHS

Question 1

What was the belief about the health of the people before 1900

Answer 1

Laissez Faire

Question 2

What did Charles Booth’s report in 1899 reveal

Answer 2

35% of Londoners were living in abject poverty

Question 3

What did Seebohm Rowntree’s report in 1901 find

Answer 3

Half the population of York were living in poverty

Question 4

What did the Boer War reveal about the health of the people 1899-1902

Answer 4

1/3 of those who volunteered to fight were rejected because of poor health (unfit)

Question 5

Aim of liberal social reforms

Answer 5

‘ to wage implacable warfare against poverty and squalidness’