History poverty public health in 1800s

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Give two reasons why the death rate was falling in the 1800s

1. improved food supply

2. smallpox vaccination

when was civil registration introduced

1837

what was a night soil man

collected human waste from cesspits and privies and removed it from towns

what was the miasma theory

claimed that disease was caused by bad air

what is joseph lister most famous for building in 1830

the first practical microscope with a compound lens

who first coined germ theory and who proved it once and for all

Louis pasteur coined

Robert Koch proved it

in the cholera epidemic of 1832, what was the death rate

roughly 40-50%

What document did Dr James Kay produce in 1832?

The report on the Labouring Population of Manchester Condition of the labouring population of Great Britain

What document did Edwin Chadwick produce in 1842?

The report on the Sanitary Condition of the labouring population of Great Britain

When was the ‘S-trap’ invented by Alexander Cummings, and what was its purpose?

1775, stopped sewer smells entering peoples homes

When was the Representation of the People Act?

1832

When was the Municipal Corporations Act?

1835

what does permissive mean

Optional

There were four Public Health Acts in total – what years were they?

1848, 1875, 1925, 1936

define laissez faire

means the government shouldnt interfere - a dismissive attitude towards the poor

define collectivism

the state should take responsibility for welfare and public needs