Medicine - Public health since 1900
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- Created on: 01-06-15 01:44
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Reforms 1900-1948
- Surveys by Charles Booth and Seebohm Rowntree showed how difficult it was for the working classes to afford decent housing and food
- 1/3 of volunteers to fight in the Boer War (1899-1902) did not pass the army health tests (nearly 90% failed the test in slums areas of norther cities)
Timeline
- 1902 - Midwives Act - all midwives had to be trained and registered
- 1906 - Free school meals for poor children
- 1907 - School Medical Service
- - Health visitors to check on mothers and young children
- 1908 - Old Age Pensions Act
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