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OCR GCSE History-Paper Two: The State of Public Health in the First Half of the 19th Century NEW FOR 2015!!!
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- 1What problems were there in public health in the early 19th Century?-Rapid growth in towns
-Spread of Disease
-Poor Living conditions
-Social class divide
-Government Laissez Faire approach - 2Why was nothing done about Public Health issues?-Technology had not advanced enough
-Lack of understanding of what caused disease
-Laissez Faire approach
-No Government Funding
-Other priorities
-Poor not treated in hospitals
-Rich weren't concerned with poor
-Believed in Spontaneous generation - 3What illnesses were caused as a result of bad public health?-TB
-Diphtheria
-Whooping Cough
-Typhoid
-Influenza
-Cholera
-Smallpox
-Measles
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- Part of OCR GCSE History-Paper Two, first section of the specification: The State of Public Health in the First Half of the 19th Century. This paper is NEW FOR 2015!!!
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