public health and industrilisation

• what was industrialisation?


  -Britain's cities grew

  -1000s moved from cities to towns

  -new factories with very poor working conditions
• what were conditions in cities?


  -houses cheap and built close together

  -water comes from community pumps

  -very few toilets shared between families

  -no rubbish/sewage removal
• who was Edward Chadwick


  civil servant who gov asked after cholera outbreak to report on living conditions of poor and health
• what did Chadwick say in his report?


  -ill health caused by awful living conditions-people cannot develop clean habits until they have clean water-gov would save money long term if the invested in public health
• what did Chadwick say was needed to improve health

  drainage system and rubbish collections neededmedical officer should be appointed for each area
• what were reactions to Chadwick's report?


  -gov did not act on report because alot of politicians thought it wasn't their job to interfere in peoples lives
• when was Chadwick's report released?

  1842
• when was the first public health act released


  1848
• what did the act recommend?


  each town should appoint medical officerrubbish removal organisedpeople should have access to clean water
• why did the act have limited impact?


  the terms of act temporary act was voluntary

  -some local authorities did not take action