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Flashcards by Greta Westwood, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Greta Westwood
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| At the start of the 20th century who was still responsible in the family for treating most illnesses and caring for the sick? | The women in the family |
| Why were most illnesses treated with patent medicines or preparations bought from a chemist rather than by a doctor? | Because doctors had to be paid for every visit - expensive |
| What remedies continued to be used in the early 20th century? | Folk remedies- e.g. using a red cloth to help you recover from a cold/influenza |
| Minor surgery was done by a doctor or general practitioner, but for anything serious where did people go? | anything serious would be referred to a specialist consultant in a big hospital |
| Why kind of care did hospitals offer? | Only basic care for the sick rather than the range of treatments we now expect |
| Some treatments were aimed at specific groups such as for people with Tuberculosis to recover, it was ensured that they had... | A healthy diet, fresh air and hygienic conditions |
| Since many hospitals were funded by charity, what was vital? | Effective fundraising |
| In 1912 when Queen Alexandra started a national Rose day-volunteers sold roses to raise money for hospitals - how much money was raised? | £2 millin in today's money |
| By 1900, most people had built what to care for the poor? | Infirmaries, fever houses and asylums |
| In 1907 what was introduced? | Health visitors were introduced to visit mothers and help them care properly for their new babies |
| Which Act applied to working men where their employers and the government all paid into a fund to cover doctors' fees and medical costs if a worker became ill? | 1911 National Insurance Act |
| By 1900, what did doctors have to have? | A University medical degree and to be accepted by the General Medical Council |
| What would have doctors done while training? | Carried out dissections and accompany a doctor working on the hospital wards |
| Increasingly, what did doctors choose to become? | - A General Practitioner who treated the community or -A doctor who worked in a hospital usually specialising in one area of medicine |
| What was the 1902 Midwives Act? | In 1902 when midwives had to be properly trained and registered(it was hoped that this would lower the rate of infant mortality) |
| What Act set up the General Nursing Council to enforce high standards of training for nurses, in 1919? | 1919 Nursing Act |
| During the later part of the 19th Century, what had the government began to do? | Take more responsibility for the public's health |
| When did the Government's change of attitude reinforce? | When over a third of men volunteered to fight for the British Army but were turned away as they were declared unfit. |
| Since Britain relied on her army and navy to control a large empire, what then became an important issue for the government? (late 1900's) | Finding ways of improving the health of the Working classes - therefore WAR was a key factor in SPEEDING it up |
| Where were there fewer doctors? | In poorer areas |
| If the patient could not pay them, what could the doctor do? | Doctors could choose who to accept as their patients and they could refuse to give treatment if patient couldn't pay them. |
| What was set up in 1919 which gave the government an overview of health care provision for the whole country? | The Ministry of Health |
| What was the Ministry of Health an important step in? | It was an important step in the government taking more responsibility for health |
| Even after the Ministry of Health was set up, what did actual provision continue to be? | A mixture of people paying for private care, local authorities providing some support and many hospitals relying on funding from charity. |
| What shocked the government and led to a vaccination programme offering free immunisation? | The death of 3,000 children from diphtheria in 1938 |
| Although the government was taking an increased role in improving the health of the nation, by 1939 there was still no...? | By 1939 there was still no national organisation offering the same level of care to everyone, and access to health care remained patchy. |
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