Developments in public health and welfare
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- Developments in public health and welfare
- Public health and hygiene from medieval period - 17th century.
- Henry VII passed laws forbidding slaughter houses within cities.
- Henry VIII - act of parliament- towns and cities power to impose tax on building sewers.
- outbreaks of Plague in London.
- not a healthy place to live.
- the great Fire of London 1666
- Act of Parliamentpassed - widen streets.
- The impact of industrialisation on public health - 19th century
- sir Henry de la beech - public health in Merthyr
- asked to investigate public health in Merthyr
- report identified unhygenicconditions
- Rammel Report
- The work of Edwin Chadwick
- 1832- appointed Poor Law Commissioner
- believed in miasma theory but thought there was more too it.
- 1842 - published report on sanitary conditionsof Britain
- parliament should make sanitation and drainage effective.
- local authorities should collect refuge & improve water supplies.
- The 1848 Public Health act
- set up a board of health.
- Towns could volunteer to set up their own health board.
- 182 towns had done so by 1854.
- didn't force local authorities to act.
- 1854 - gov closed down the board of health.
- More improvements in Public Health.
- 1859 - London had new sewage system.
- Sanitary Act of 1866.
- the Public health act of 1875
- the Artisans' Dwellings Act of 1875 - councils could clear slums.
- Reservoirsin Wales
- Liverpool & Lake Vyrnwy - 1889
- Birmingham & the Elan Valley - 1904
- sir Henry de la beech - public health in Merthyr
- Efforts to improve housing and pollution - 20th century
- 1918 - David Lloyd George PM promised to clear slums.
- replacing with 'homes fit for heroes'
- the Housing Act of 1919 - council houses built
- The Beverage Report of 1942 - more homes were built to tackle squalor.
- 1.25 million homes built by 1951.
- 1960's - slums replaced by blocks of flats.
- 1968 - welsh House Condition Survey - 92,000 hones were unfit for habitation.
- increase in building new homes.
- December 1952 - the 'Great Smog' over 4,000 people died.
- Clean Air Act passed in 1956 - introducedsmokelesscities.
- tried to relocate power stations away from cities.
- 1918 - David Lloyd George PM promised to clear slums.
- Local & government attempts to improve public health - 21st century.
- encouraged a healthier lifestyle.
- the '5 a day' campaign
- 'Be Active' - Brmingham - 2008
- £23 goes to health benefits for every £1 made.
- The eat well guide
- March 2016
- it depicts a healthy, balanced diet which includes eating your 5 a day.
- Public health and hygiene from medieval period - 17th century.
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