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OCR GCSE History-Paper Two: The Beginnings of Reform NEW FOR 2015!!!
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- 1THE BEGINNINGS OF REFORM.
- 2When was the first Public Health Act?1848
- 3What were the terms of the 1848 Public Health Act?-Established board of central health
-Loans could be made for public health infrastructure
-Boards set up where death rate is over 23 per 100 - 4What was the main limitation of the 1848 Public Health Act?Local Authorities did not compel action
- 5When was the second Public Health Act?1875
- 6What was the 1875 Health Act?Laid down all the duties of a local council, they were forced to perform these tasks:
-Provision of water
-Proper drainage and sewage
-Medical Officer of Health - 7What happened as a result of the 1875 Public Health Act?-Working-class men could vote
-Every local authority had to set up schools
-Weakening of Laissez Faire
-Quality of education improved
-Working conditions improved
-Compulsory vaccinations
-Isolation hospitals
-Laws against river pollution
-Food regulations for shops
-Building regulations
-Regulation of Doctor's qualifications
-Pasteur's germ theory proved link between dirt and disease - 8What three acts did Benjamin Disraeli introduce?-Artisan Dwellings Act
-Rivers Pollution Prevention Act
-Food and Drugs Act - 9What is the Artisan Dwellings Act?Local areas could buy slum areas and build on them-more and better quality housing
- 10What is the River Pollution Prevention Act?Solid matter or pollution not allowed to go into rivers (decreasing Cholera)
- 11What is The Food and Drugs Act?Food inspection took place, so that people were not eating harmful foods
- 12What did Joseph Chamberlain do?-Focuses on Birmingham
-Pumps his own money into reform
-Suggests the building of new streets, but it is too expensive, and objected by committee
-Eventually they are rehoused from slums to suburbs - 13What is Lord William Lever instigate?Model Villages
- 14Describe how Lever set up Port Sunlight?-56 acres of land in Cheshire
-Schools for 500 children, 700 cottages, a concert hall, library, gym, open air pool
-Rents 1 5th of weekly wage
-Strict ethical codes: job loss is consequence for not following - 15Who set up Bournville?George and Richard Cadbury
- 16Describe how the Cadbury's set up Bournville-Four miles from the city
-Good transport links
-Supply of Clean water
-Chocolate factory
-16 cottages for key workers
-Each garden "not less thane 1 6th of an acre" with fruit trees
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- Part of OCR GCSE History-Paper Two: The Beginnings of Reform, from the specification. This exam is NEW FOR 2015!!!
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