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population
grew from
13 million
to over
31 million
1781
-
1871
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population
by
1939
48 million
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by
1900
how many people lived in a town
4
out of 5
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official
censuses
held every year from
1841
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civil registration of births, deaths and marriages introduced in
1837
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Louis Pasteur
developed germ theory of disease
1867
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cholera
epidemics
1831-32
1848-49
1853-54
1866
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Joseph Lister
develops microscope to magnify 1000 times
1830
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Louis Pasteur
proves microorganisms exist in the air
1860
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The
Liverpool
cholera
riots
29
may - 8 june
1832
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government
sent 2
medical commissioners
to
St Petersburg
to observe cholera
1831
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Cholera Acts
1832
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The moral and physical condition of the working classes of Manchester by
Dr James Kay
1832
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Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain by
Edwin Chadwick
1842
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Report of the
Royal Commission
into the Sanitary Condition of Large Towns and Populous Districts
1844
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Report of the
Bradford Woolcombers Sanitary Committee
1845
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average death age of the
Bradford Woolcombers society
in
1845
14 years 2 months
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S-trap invented by
Alexander Cummings
1775
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building regulations required all new homes to be equipped with a
WC
1850s
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Thomas William Twyford
invents first wash out trap water closet, and later makes sure when flushed, the pan refilled with a small amount of clean water
1875
,
1888
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John Roe
adds flushing gates to sewers
1842
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Manchester University
develops sewage treatment system
1912
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Chelsea Waterworks
is first company to install filtration system to purify water from the Thames
1829
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The Great Stink
1858
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Health of Towns Association
established
1844
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2nd Boer War
1899
-
1902
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Representation of the People Act
1832
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The
Municipal Corporations Act
1835
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series of
Nuisance Removal Acts
1846
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The Baths and Washhouses Act
1846
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The
Towns Improvement Clauses Act
1847
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The
Public Health Act
1848
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The
Local Government Act
1858
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Public Health Act
2
1858
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568
local boards of health
set up
1858-68
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The
Sanitary Act
1866
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Parliamentary Reform Act
gives working men in towns the vote
1867
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Louis Pasteur
proves germs cause disease not other way around
1865
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Royal Commission
on public health set up and shows conditions are no better than when
Chadwick
published his report
1869
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Local Government Board
set up
1871
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