key dates + stats for a revolution in medicine

What was the population growth?

In 1801 it was 16.3m which rose to 41.6m in 1901

How many towns set up their own boards of health?

By 1853, 107

When was the invention or a tablet making machine?

1843

When did the centre board of health shut down?

1854

When was the sanitary act?

1866

When did Pasteur investigate chicken cholera?

1879

When did Liston give ether to one of his patients?

1846

How many people did cholera killed?

In 1831, 50000

When did Koch identify the germ for tuberculosis?

1882

How many children did Barnardos help?

Opened 86 homes, 8500

When were microbes discovered?

1677

When did Pasteur publish the germ theory?

1861

When was nitrous oxide first experimented on?

1795

When did Horace Wells use nitrous oxide?

1844

When did William Clark used ether?

1842

When did ether become popular in Britiain?

1846

When did James Simpson discover chloroform?

1847

when did Hannah Grenner die?

1848

When was chloroform given to Queen Victoria?

1853

When was cocoa leaves from South America to produce cocaine used as local anaesthetic?

1850s

When did Joseph lister started using carbolic spray?

1865

When did Lister publish his results and give doctors lectures about his technique?

1867

How much did the death rates decreased after Lister used carbolic acid with his patients who had amputations?

46% to 15%

How many trained nurses were in Britain?

By 1900, over 68 000

When did Cheyne translate Koch’s work?

1879

When did Pasteur find vaccines for anthrax and rabies?

1881,1885

When did Tyndall lecture doctors about Koch’s discoveries on anthrax?

1876

When did Koch prove that he found the germs causing anthrax?

1876

How many babies died before their first birthday?

In 1899, 142 out of every thousand

What was the average age of death?

40

How many people was found sharing a single room in Liverpool?

40 in 1847

When did the government set up an inquiry to investigate the health among working class?

1839

When was the first public health act passed?

1848

How many councils had a medical officer of health?

By 1872, 50

When was the Food and Drugs Act, and Housing Act passed?

1875

When was the second Public Health act passed?

1875

When were new sewers built?

1858

How many people died to cholera in ten days?

700 in 1854

When was the great stink?

1858

When was the Sanitary Act passed?

1866

When were working class men given the vote?

1867

What was the death rate?

Fell from 39 in 1800 to 18 in 1900 per 1000 people

When was aspirin used as everyday painkillers?

1899

When was a gelatine pill capsule invented?

1875