Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries

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GCSE history Mapa Mental sobre Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries, criado por nancy.carter97 em 20-04-2014.
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Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries
  1. Dirt and disease
    1. Industrialisation meant overcrowding. New houses were built with little attention paid to ventilation or sanitation. In conditions like these diseases spread easily.
      1. In the 19th century most people believed in laissez faire. They did not think that it was the government's job to interfere in their lives. Individuals should care for themself.
        1. Many people did not realise the importance of being clean. The upper classes had no contact with the poor and did not realise how bad conditions were in the slums.
        2. Epidemics and the call for action
          1. Cholera was a deadly epidemic which affected rich and poor. After epidemics in 1831-2 and 1848 the government introduced the first Public Health Act (1848). But once cholera died away so did urgency to take action.
            1. In 1854 Dr John Snow proved that cholera was carried in water. Pressure was out on water companies to clean their water supplise but they reluctant to pay out.
              1. Pasteur germ theory proved the importance of keeping clean, but the upper and middle classes were still reluctant to pay for the working class.
                1. In 1875 a second Public Health Act was passed making clean water, drains, sewers and street lights compulsory. Laissez faire was no longer popular.
                2. Government action
                  1. In 20th century government became more involved. Wars, such as the Boar war, needed healthy people to fight and to work at home. The liberal Government (1906-16 introduced free school meals and health checks.
                    1. The Liberals also introduced the National Insurance Act (1911) to give sick pay and medical care.
                      1. After WW2 the government provide more services such as free hospitals, blood banks and ambulances. The welfare state was set up to look after all aspects of people's lives 'from the cradle to the grave'. This included financial help, such as family.
                        1. The National Health Service (NHS) was introduced in 1948.

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