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1831‐32
1st Cholera epidemic sweeps across Britain
1848
2nd Cholera outbreak & 1st Public Health Act passed in Parliament
1854
3rd Cholera epidemic hits Soho in London (John Snow’s work)
1858
The “Great Stink” in London gets up the politicians noses
1864
The French scientist Louis Pasteur publishes his "Germ Theory" paper
1875
2nd Public Health Act & Artisan’s Dwellings Act (+ Food Adulteration)
1906
Old Age Pension Act passed by the Liberal Government
1907
School Medical Inspections begin
1911
National Insurance Act passed by the Liberal Government
1918‐19
Spanish Flu epidemic kills 50 million people worldwide
1921
First Council House Estate opened in Beacontree in Dagenham, Kent
1940
Major immunisation programme against Diptheria & Tuberculosis
1948
National Health Service (NHS) launched by Labour Government
1956
Clean Air Act to tackle industrial pollution and London smog
1974
Health and Safety at Work Act passed by Parliament
1980s
AIDS epidemic (scientists discover the HIV virus in 1984)
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