GCSE History 19th Century Public Health Flashcards

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What were the problems at the start of the 19th century?
1:overcrowding
2:Cholera
3:Didn't know link between dirt and disease
Laissez faire government
4:industrial revolution
What year and who tried to make a change?
1:1842
2:Edwin Chadwick-Civil servent, surveyed and results found that poverty was reason for increased disease to the poor.
What year was the first public health act passed but failed? and why did it fail?
1848
set up board of Public Health
Towns could volunteer to have a medical officer
ALL VOLUNTARY NOT COMPULSORY!
What was the main reason they tried to enforce Public health act in 1848?
Cholera, as it was killing people rich and poor
What year was the second publich health act passed, why was it successful and what changes did it come a bout?
1875
It was succesfull because it was compulsory
the changes were that sewers were enforced, Clean water, slum clearance
Who found the source of Cholera and detail how!
John Snow, isolated cholera to a water pump in broad street after he removed it nobody else caught Cholera.
What year was vaccinations made compulsory for small pox? and who made the cure?
1853, Edward Jenner.
What did people think caused these diseases before germ theory in 1861? The theory was wrong but was it useful?
Miasmas- bad smells caused disease-wrong but made a great focus on cleaniliness and better PH, because it would obviously smell if somebody chucked somebody elses human waste out of the window!
Other important dates for hospital hygiene?
1854-Florence Nitingale