public health through time

medieval hospitals

medieval- almost all run by the church, focused on the health of the soul so offered very few medical treatments

monasteries

medieval- accepted donations from the public so became quite wealthy and were able to install water supplies and sanitation method

medieval councils

medieval- employed rakiers to clean out the cess-pits and some wealthy people even provided public lavatories

coventry

medieval- had designated zones for waste disposal, mayor declared that every man should clean the street infront of his house every saturday or be fined

london hospitals

renaissance- five “royal hospitals” were built in the 1500s including st bartholomews, which had 3 physicians, 3 surgeons, 15 nurses and catered for 300 people

henry VII

renaissance- imposed a tax to try and build sewers

elizabeth I

renaissance- took a bath every month showing some people began to make the link between dirt and disease

the church

renaissance- played a less significant role as voluntary charities set up hospitals, mainly due to henry VII shutting down the monasteries

the great plague

renaissance- plague doctors who wore masks with sweet smelling herbs inside, also locked plague victims in their homes to stop the spread of disease

titus salt

industrial- set up a soup kitchen for the unemployed- 1853 built the largest and most modern factory as well as a model village for his workers

titus salt’s model village

industrial- had 800 houses, bath houses, a hospital, library, science lab, school, allotment, a park and a boat house

lasseiz faire

industrial- where the government didn’t believe it was their role to regulate working conditions, housing, or transport- though it was up to the individuals themselves

the national insurance act

industrial- passed in 1911 and gave people sickness benefits and also gave the poorest access to doctors if they became ill

william beveridge

industrial- in 1942 he wrote a report showing the “five evil giants”, including housing and disease- when the labour government was elected in 1945 it set out to solve these problems

edwin chadwick

industrial- thought that bad health was making people poor so in 1842 wrote a report on the sanitary conditions of the laboring population- persuaded governments to make towns cleaner

21st century government

modern- spent a large amount of money on educating people on healthy lifestyles- 5-a-day and 10,000 steps

post ww2

modern- maternity care, child welfare and ambulances were provided, vaccination programs organised, national government took control of hospitals and NHS spent money on training specialist staff

NHS

modern- set up in 1948 by Aneurin Bevan and gave every british citizen access to free healthcare

Milton Keynes

modern- one of many new towns built in the 20th century which were designed to remove people from overcrowded towns- help stop the estimated 27,00 people that died from air pollution each year