Public Health Flashcards
1
Q
How much government involvement was there by 1848?
A
Had a lazzez-faire attitude to public health and belived it was peoples own personal resposibility, left it up to charities and local organisations
2
Q
What problems with public health were caused by the Industrial Revolution?
A
Crowded and unhygienic
Typhus and cholera were common, little understanding in how it spread
20,000 peopled dies in cholera epidemic, 1831-32
4
Q
Who published The Sanitary conditions of the labouring population?
A
Edwin Chadwick
5
Q
When was the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring population (SCOTLP) Published?
A
1842
6
Q
What did SCOTLP call for?
A
Taxmoney to be spent on improving housing for poor to keep them healthy
Clean water and removing sewage
7
Q
What was the 1848 Public health act?
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