PUBLIC HEALTH Flashcards
RELIGION - PUBLIC HEALTH
MEDIEVAL - MONASTERIES - PROVIDING HEALTH CARE, MONKS AND NUNS GAINED EXPERTISE IN HERBAL MEDICINE AND PASSED DOWN THIS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH GENERATIONS
EMPHASISED CLEANLINESS,HYGIENE PRACTICES AND BATHING
ESTABLISHED LATRINES TO PREVENT SPREAD
GOVERNMENT- PUBLIC HEALTH
RENAISSANCE - GREAT PLAGUE - QUARANTINE
INFECTED AREAS WHERE CORNERED OFF
PLAGUE ORDERS- STRICT REGULATIONS TO MAINTAIN HYGIENE,CLEANING STREETS,DISINFECTING HOUSES
INDUSTRIAL - MANDATING SANITATION IMPROVEMENTS LIKE SEWAGE SYSTEMS ADDRESSING OVERCROWDED HOUSING
INSTALLATION OF SEWAGE SYSTEMS
INDIVIDUALS- PUBLIC HEALTH
JOHN SNOW - 700 USED WATER PUMP DIED FROM CHOLERA
GOV MADE MORE SECURE SEWER SYSTEMS - OTHER CITIES FOLLOWED AND DID THE SAME
EDWARD JENNER
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY- PUBLIC HEALTH
MICROSCOPE - PROVE MICROBES CAUSED DISEASE
DISPROVED SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
EDUCATED THE PUBLIC
1848 PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
TOWNS USED MONEY FOR POOR RATES TO CLEAN UP
LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH - POWER TO APPOINT SPECIALIST MEDICAL OFFICER TO PROVIDE SEWERS INSPECT LODGING HOUSES AND CHECK FOOD QUALITY
1875 PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
INSPECT FOR NUISANCES - OVERCROWDING AND UNCLEAN WORKPLACES
1868 - 716 IN 1900 NONE - TYPHUS
AVERAGE AGE OF DEATH INCREASED 30-50 AND POP. QUADRUPLED
1900S PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
SCHOOL MEALS ACT - 1906
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ACT - SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT - SICK AND UNEMPLOYMENT PAY IF YOU PAID CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCHEME