Modern day peoples health

What was the average life expectancy?

Male 58
Female 62

What was food like at this time ?

Wheat from USA and lamb from New Zealand
Tin good like beans 1905
1900 Sainsbury's
1948 food as become varied and easier to prepare
Rationing lasted 7 years after war
2% in 1948 had a fridge

What was housing like ?

1900 many in slum
"Homes for heroes " 1919 and new housing act was passed to provide good homes
1930 housing act: councils to force landlords to sell slums and build new homes which were much nicer and cheaper
1979 42% lived in council housing
1980 Thatcher allowed people to buy their council housing

What was drink and water like ?

1930 screening for bacterial infection
1945: water act reorganised water industry
1963: water resource act created 29 river authorities to look after river systems and control water use
1961-1984: water went from 110,000 million litres a day to now 164,000 a day

What was waste like at this time ?

2 sewers types:
Foul water sewage- toliet waste, baths, kitchen, dishwashers
Surface water sewers- rainwater away from rivers

What was air like ?

4th-12th December 1952 there was the great smog killed 12,000
1956 clean air act: factories and homes to burn smokeless fuel in certain areas
Lead free fuel for cars

What's was the inactivity ?

1900: most walked to work and work was quite labour
1914: activity starts to fall due to trains
1950s continues to decrease
Power tools so it's less physically demanding
Robots in factories
Overall 44% of men and 33% women classed and overweight

What was the Spanish flu ?

1918-1919 50 million dead. In Britain 228,000
Came due to soldiers returning
Symptoms: common cold then les to dark spots on cheek and body struggled to get oxygen.
It was a virus that affected birds and jumped to humans

What was the Spanish beliefs and attitudes?

Responsibility or local government

What were the reactions to Spanish flu ?

Hospital overwhelmed, medical students drafted to help
Small gauze mask was worn
People relied on own resources

What was the local government action to the flu ?

Dr James Niven in Manchester:
Kept detailed records and looked for patterns
Sent health visitors door to door on who was ill and what they needed
Vistes school and factories to educate
Issued flu leaflets and arranged for a film

What is AIDS?

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Weakening immune system by the HIV virus
Spread through bodily fluids

What happned in 1970-83 with aids ?

1982 several had died in Britain
Media took interest and government urged gay people and drug addicts to stop donating blood
Church believed it was gods punishment

What happned 1984-5 with aids ?

People unsure how it spread
Fire service stopped giving mouth to mouth
Church refused to share wine drink
Parents withdrew kids from school if someone had HIV

What happned 1986-7 with aids ?

Government funded free testing
Also ordained "don't die of ignorance" on TV
1987 princes Diana visited a clinic and shook hands to reassure people

What happned 1988- now with aids

More widely understood
Eastenders ran storyline of character with HIV
Tribute concert with Freddie Mercury who raised £20 million
8,500 died
Government then relaxed campaigns
Cases have risen with 1/4 not aware and spreading the disease

What is the NHS?

1948
William Beveridge put forward the idea that people should "cradle to the grave"
1946 passes by parliament and took responsibility for all medical services

What was the national government like 1900- now ?

Standard living among poor remained low
Difficult to afford decent housing and food
Britain involved in Boer War 1/3 volunteers turned down as not physically fit

What acts did the liberal government pass ?

1902: midwives act- all had to been trained and registered
1906: free school meals for poor children
1907: school medical service to check on health of young kids
1908: old age pension
1911 national insurance act

How was public health been since 1950?

Government promotes healthy diet
Clean air act 1956
Strict laws on food safety passed in 1990
National information campaign in 1980s about HIV
2005 ban on tobacco advertising
Smoking in public places was banned
2009 vaccinated against cervical cancer
2016 all cigarette packages to be blank with no colours