Public Health in the 1800s and 1900s

BGS History GCSE Revision Tests Public Healthin the 1800s and 1900s

1) Why had people moved to towns and cities from 1750 onwards? THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION! Many people moved to cities so they could work in the factories, instead of making goods at home

2) What was the problem with the houses built for the workers in the new industrial cities? → Houses in very poor condition → No water supply → No drainage and no sanitation → Towns filthy & over crowded

3) What does “laissez-faire” mean? “Leave alone” “Don’t interfere”

CHOLERA! 4) What was the epidemic disease of 1831-2?

5) How was it spread? • We know now by WATER • They thought it was spread by MIASMAS (bad air)

6) How did people try to stop it and why? [2] They burnt barrels of coal to purify the air

That cholera was spread by water! 7) What did Dr. John Snow prove in 1854?

Removed the handle of the Broad Street Pump – no longer any Cholera in the area 8) How did he prove this?

9) Which Act of 1875 did his work lead to? What were its terms? • 1875 Public Health Act • All towns now had to build sewers and provide clean water!

10) What was the name of the Act which allowed councils to knock down slums? Artisans’ Dwelling Act

11) What was the attitude of the Liberal Government (1906-14) to poor people? It wanted to help them – bring an end to the “laissez-faire” approach

12) Name 3 measures they introduced. • 1906: Free School Meals • 1909: Old Age Pensions • 1911: National Insurance

13) What was published in 1942? Beveridge Report

14) From when did it say the government should after people? “From the cradle to the grave”

15) What was set up in 1948? The National Health Service! (NHS)

16) Which group of people at first opposed it and why? • Doctors! • They feared that the NHS would tell them where to work and reduce their pay

Public Health in the 1800s and 1900s