Whig reforms under Lord John Russell 1846-52 Flashcards
what was lord russells 1847 Factory Act?
(social)
made further advances on the previous Factory Act i.e The hours of women and young people were restricted to ten hours a day. however the hours of men were not regulated.
when was the 3rd factory act?
1847
what was lord russells Poor Law Act?
(social)
replaced the inspectors put in place in 1834 with a Minister giving much closer parliamentary supervision.
when was the poor law act?
1847
what was lord russells Public Health Act?
(social)
response to Chadwick’s 1842 report on the sanitary conditions of the labouring population of Great Britain:
- A General Board of Health was set up in London. It could create Local Boards of Health if 10% of the local ratepayers asked for one or where the death rate was above 23 per 1,000 of the population.
- Local authorities were given the power to set up Local Health Boards, to control water supplies, sewage etc
The General Board of Health was given virtually no power to make Local Boards of Health act + local authorities were not forced to set up Local Health Boards. only 1/6 population covered by local board of health by 1851. but represented the first time that the government had taken the initiating role in the area of public health.
when was the Public Health Act?
1848
how did lord russell and the whigs come to power in 1846?
peel (tory) resigned letting the whigs gain majority and leaving the conservatives in the wilderness years under lord derby until 1874 where they would never gain a majority.
