modern / 21st century

• • koch's technique inspired paul erhlich
  • in 1910, he created salvarsan 606 which targeted specifically the germ that caused syphilis
• john snow wrote a book arguing the cholera was caused by infected water
• william farr

  • introduced the compulsory registration of births, marriages and deaths
  • authorities were more aware of health problems
• edwin chadwick

  • researched the living conditions and health of the poor in towns
  • published his findings in 'report of the sanitary conditions of the labouring population'
  • linked poverty to poor living standards and ill health
• • alexander fleming rediscovered the prperties of penicillin
  • published his findings but could progress due to financial reasons
  • florey and chain found and researched penicillin after reading the article
• • maud pember's 'round about a pound a week' report
  • highlighted how hard it was to survive on the average labourers wage of £1 a week
• government now has education about things such as healthy eating (five a day)
• the beveridge report (1942) proposed for welfare changes after WW2 and eventually led to the establishment of the NHS (1948)