The People's Health: Industrial era- local initiatives.

Question 1

who was the mayor of Birmingham in 1875?

Answer 1

Joseph Chamberlain.

Question 2

what date did the mayor of Birmingham make improvements to the city?

Answer 2

1875.

Question 3

what did the improvements to the city consit of?

Answer 3

used rate payers money to buy up the city’s water supply. council took control and improved quality.
organised slum clearance and rehoused slum-dwellers.
contributed £10,000 of his own money towards this initiative.

Question 4

what year did Manchester authorities organise clearance of what?

Answer 4

1875.
worst slums.

Question 5

what did Manchester authorities build, who was in their and what did they provide?

Answer 5

grand buildings in their place and provided residents with clean shared facilities such as laundries and rubbish chutes.

Question 6

what did Manchester authorities also organised the building of and where?

Answer 6

a dam on the lake Thirlmere int he lake district.

Question 7

what did the building of the dam provide for Manchester and how long was it?

Answer 7

carry water to them.
96 mile long aqueduct.

Question 8

how long did building the dam take?

Answer 8

8 years and was a remarkable achievement.

Question 9

towards the end of the 19th century what did many towns and city’s spent huge amount of money on and why?

Answer 9

building schemes.
show off the prosperity of their towns making them beautiful for everyone to see.

Question 10

towns such as Manchester constructed what?

Answer 10

grand new housing, squares and reservoirs.