preventions 1700-present Flashcards

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vaccinations

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edward jenner -small pox 1798
only prevents small pox
-first ever vaccination
-made compulsory 1857
-enforced in 1872

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healthy lifestyle campaigns

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-change for life
-s a day (fruit and veg)
-stoptober
-smoking ban 2007

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public health act 1875

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made it compulsory for councils to remove sewage , provide clean water and better standards for housing

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clean air acts

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during the 1950s and 1960s, laws were added to reduce pollution from the buring coal in cities

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5
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who is john snow and what did he do?

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discovered cholera is a water born disease so clean water supplies and sewage system will prevent illness

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