public health

Question 1

What did Robert baker do?

Answer 1

He wrote a report about the cholera epidemic in leeds in 1832

Question 2

Who wrote the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population and when?

Answer 2

Edwin Chadwick,1842

Question 3

What did edwin Chadwick help introduce?

Answer 3

The public Health act of 1848

Question 4

What were some aspects of the public health act of 1848?

Answer 4

-set up the general board of health
-appoint a health official
-change sewage system

Question 5

How many people died in the cholera pandemic in 1832 ?

Answer 5

52 000

Question 6

What was the death rate of cholera?

Answer 6

50%

Question 7

When did the government call for a day of prayer after a cholera epidemic?

Answer 7

1848

Question 8

When was the public health act of 1848 disbanded?

Answer 8

1878

Question 9

How many councils had public health officers in 1872?

Answer 9

50

Question 10

How many people died in the cholera epidemic of 1854 in one week?

Answer 10

616 in london

Question 11

What symptoms did cholera have?

Answer 11

watery diarrhoea, being sick, stomach pain, and dehydration

Question 12

What were limitations jhon snow faced?

Answer 12

-MPS were embarrassed that the public could consume poo
-miasma was a common belief
-Germ theory was not published
-religious opposition

Question 13

When was the great stink in london?

Answer 13

summer of 1858

Question 14

What issues did the great stink cause?

Answer 14

-parliament was closed
-fear because of miasma

Question 15

Who designed the sewage system of london?

Answer 15

Joseph Bazalgette

Question 16

When was the sewer system started and finished?

Answer 16

1859, basically finished in 1868 but offically finished in 1875

Question 17

How much did the sewage system cost?

Answer 17

in total 6.5 million pounds

Question 18

What act was passed in 1866?

Answer 18

The 1866 Sanitary Act

Question 19

What was part of the The 1866 Sanitary Act?

Answer 19

-overcrowding in residences became illegal
- local authorities were required to take responsibility for ensuring sewerage

Question 20

What acts were passed in 1875?

Answer 20

1875 Artisans Dwelling Act were passed.

1875 Public Health Act

Sale of Food and Drugs Act

Question 21

When did working class men get the vote?

Answer 21

1867

Question 22

Name three men who improved public health

Answer 22

John Snow, Edwin Chadwick, Joseph Bazalgette

Question 23

when was ‘The sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population’ published?

Answer 23

1842

Question 24

When did snow first prove a link between water cholera through statistical mapping?

Answer 24

1854

Question 25

when did the small pox vaccine become compulsory?

Answer 25

1852

Question 26

what was the sanitary act and when was it put in place?

Answer 26

it put medical inspectors in place to check water quality and drainage in 1866

Question 27

what act made it illegal for factories to put waste and chemicals into rivers?

Answer 27

1876 River Pollution Prevention Act

Question 28

What act was put in place in london ?

Answer 28

1889 infectious Disease act

Question 29

What did the national insurance act 1 of 1911 do?

Answer 29

-gave sickness benefits -saved debt

Question 30

when were free school clinics set up?

Answer 30

1912

Question 31

in the 1930s how many medical insurances were unpaid?

Answer 31

4 million

Question 32

When and what was the National insurance act?

Answer 32

1911 -old age pension -materiality benefits - payments --> sick, unemployed

Question 33

When was the NHS established?

Answer 33

1948

Question 34

How many people were treated by dentists from 1948 to 1949

Answer 34

8,500,000