dates & events

1831‐32

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)