Public Health Flashcards
What was the average life expentancy for a working man in the early 1800s?
30 years
One in every 5 children died before their _ birthday?
1st
Manachesters population grew from 45000 in 1751 to what in 1851?
450000
What was another disease with resulted in terrible facial blemishes?
Smallpox
When did Cholera arrive in Britian?
1831
What were the affects of Cholera?
Diarrhoea, skin and nails turned black, voilently sick, death
What were the groups called that investegated public health problems?
Boards of Health
What is the word that is used to describe the spread of disease by air?
Miasma
Why did people abject to building sewers?
Because it’s cost money from the government, which means more tax
What did the government decide to do after Cholera outbreaks in 1837-38?
They put Edwin Chadwick incharge of establishing an enquiry to find out what public health was like
What changes did Chadwick make?
Appointed a medical officer in each district
Raised awareness for clean water and the spread of disease
Discovered that disease is spread by filth and overcrowded housing
Stated to imporve sewers and water supply
How many copies of Chadwicks report were sold to the public?
20000
When was the public health act passed?
1848
What were the requirements of the public health act?
Houses must have drains, and toilets
Charge a tax for improvements
Medical officers must be appointed
Which towns made huge improvements?
Birmingham and Liverpool
