Reasons For The Declining In Death Rates

Question 1

1. Improved hygiene, sanitation and medicine

Answer 1

• clean running water in the early 19th century - this helped pass diseases such as cholera
• 1942 - Bevridge report which lead to the creation of the NHS 1948 as a result created a welfare state
• advancements on medication
• environmental conditions increased, led to a rise in living standards

Question 2

2. Higher living standards

Answer 2

• higher wages, better food and better housing conditions
• technology increased
• THE MARMOT REVIEW: showed a strong relationship between deprivation, social class and morality rate = low income, low social status + stress, resulting in premature death

Question 3

3. Public health and welfare

Answer 3

• established welfare state due to bevridge report 1942
• free and comprehensive healthcare
• childbirth much more safer for women
• much better postal care for mothers + babies

Question 4

4. Health education

Answer 4

• welfare legislations and social reforms are demanded to improve health
• SMOKING: Harper - the reasons the death rates has fallen, is not due to medical improvements but the fall in the number of people smoking

Question 5

5. Improved working conditions

Answer 5

• technology has taken over some dangerous jobs that killed people eg: factory work
• higher standards of health and safety at work