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53 Cards in this Set
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Chadwick
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Report on the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain |
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Chadwick
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Said good health would save money
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1832 |
First cholera epidemic in Britain
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1848
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First Public Health Act
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Public Health Act 1848
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Non-compulsory
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John Snow
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Linked cholera to dirty water
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John Snow
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Removed the Broad Street pump's handle
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1858 |
The Great Stink
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The Great Stink
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Encouraged the government to build a proper sewer system
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The Great Stink
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Caused by hot weather and waste in the Thames
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1859 |
London's sewerage system was built
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Bazalgette |
Designed and built London's sewerage system
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Laissez-faire
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The belief that the government shouldn't intervene
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1875
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Second Public Health Act
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Public Health Act 1875
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Was compulsory, forced towns to make changes
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Artisans' Dwellings Act
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Local councils had to buy and rebuild slums
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PM Disraeli
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Introduced PHA 1875 and ADA
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1867
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Reform Act
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1867 Reform Act
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Gave working class men the vote
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1875 Sale of Food and Drugs Act
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Prevented sale of harmful food and drugs
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1876 River Pollution Prevention Act |
Stopped people dumping waste in rivers
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Start of the 20th century
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Large families lived in one room |
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Start of the 20th century |
People shared a toilet with their neighbours
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Start of the 20th century |
Poor worked long hours for low wages
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Workhouses
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Basic food for long, dangerous work |
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1899 Boer War
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40% of volunteers were unfit for service
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Booth
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Published the Life and Labour of the People in 1889
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Life and Labour of the People
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Showed 30% of London lived in poverty
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Booth
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Showed that wages were too low to support a family
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Rowntree
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Published Poverty, a Study of Town Life
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Rowntree
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Showed that 28% of York were too poor to live
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Cadbury
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Built Bourneville - model village
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Lever
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Built Port Sunlight - model village
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Chamberlain
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1873 Mayor of Birmingham
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Friendly societies |
Similar to trade unions
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Chamberlain
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Persuaded authorities to buy the gas and water supplies
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Chamberlain
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Cleared the slums in Birmingham
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Liberals and conservatives
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Didn't believe in helping people
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Labour Party
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Believed the poor needed government help
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Liberals and conservatives
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Had to help the poor in order to get votes
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Liberals
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Brought in social reforms
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1916
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Lloyd George became PM |
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Liberal Reforms
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Free schools meals in 1906
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Liberal Reforms
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School medical inspections in 1907
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Liberal Reforms
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Old Age Pension Act 1908
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Liberal Reforms
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Labour exchanges (job centres) in 1909
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Liberal Reforms
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National Insurance Act in 1911
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Children and Young Persons' Act
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Made it illegal for children to buy alcohol/cigarettes
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Pension
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For low income people over 70
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National Insurance Act
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Helped workers pay for health insurance
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Lloyd George
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Introduced the liberal reforms
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Churchill
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Supported the tax raises in 1909
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Bevan
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Introduced the NHS
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