Living Conditions

• The 1919 housing act ordered local councils to build council houses with running water, indoor toilets and gardens.
• After 1945, new towns were built to solve the problem of overcrowding
• The 'right to buy' scheme in the 1980s led to a shortage of council housing
• New technology such as refrigeration and canning made food cheaper. Huge variety of food now available in supermarkets
• Fast food consumption increase
• coal smoke from homes and factories produced thick smog in large cities plus cars added to air pollution
• Increase in inactivity in the late 20th century. obesity rather than hunger
• Rowntree- "poverty- a study of life" showed how many in york were living in poverty
• 1906-1911 free school meals and state funded pension
• Advances in science and technology
• Birth of pharmaceutical industry and development of penicillin
• decline in religious beliefs
• NHS 1948
• From manual and manufacturing jobs to service sector jobs
• population in 2000 was 58 million, most people lived in cities
• increased awareness of human rights and the need for goverment to protect welfare of their population
• The NHS provided free medical care ' from cradle to care' including:

  • Hospital care
  • Dental treatment (until 1952)
  • Prescriptions
  • GP visits
• In 1956 Parliament introduced the clean air act to control pollution
• The government has taken steps to reduce smoking:

  • 1964 Tv adverts for cigarettes banned
  • 2007 smoking banned in all public spaces
  • 2016 Blank packaging introduced
• Government campaigns encouraged healthier lifestyles such as:

  • The 5 a day campaign
  • The NHS couch to 5k programme
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