Britain Since 1900 Flashcards
(22 cards)
How did the type of work people did change in the 20th century
People worked in service industries rather than manual work
Changes to life in Britain since 1900 (2)
People have become wealthier
More effective medical treatments
Governments response to covid (5)
Furlough scheme (gave people financial support)
Lockdowns
Closing schools, pubs, cinemas etc
Vaccine creation
Mass testing system
Problems with the governments response to Covid
First lockdown came too late - deaths could have been prevented
Leaders failed to follow lockdown rules which discouraged others
Which housing act led to slum clearance
1919 housing act
What was the 1919 housing act
Ordered local councils to build council houses
Impacts of new towns (2)
Reduced overcrowding
Provided healthier places to live
Developments that changes diets (4)
Refrigeration
Canning
Supermarkets
Fast food
Causes of poor air quality
Pollution from factories
Increased car usage
20th century epidemics (2)
Spanish flu
AIDS
Features of the Spanish flu
1918-19
Spread by soldiers returning from ww1
Killed 50 million worldwide
Problems with the governments response to Spanish flu
Did not isssue advice until it was too late
Left important decisions such as closing schools to local authorities
Didn’t make enough copies of dr wise on influenza short film
Feature of Dr wise on influenza
Gave information about how to make a face mask
Diseases prevalent in the 20th century
Diabetes
Heart disease
AIDS
Lung cancer
Asthma
How can HIV be spread
Unprotected sex
Pregnancy
Sharing needles
Ways in which the response to AIDS improved around late 1980s
Don’t die of ignorance information leaflet
NHS free testing
Princess Diana photographed shaking hands with AIDS victims
Features of panic and prejudice around AIDS in early 1980s
Newspapers called it the gay plague
Gay men and drug user blamed
Nurses and doctors in full PPE led people to believe the disease was spread by direct contact
Ways the government became more involved improving public health after 1945 (4)
NHS
Anti-smoking laws
Controls on pollution
Healthy living campaigns
Features of NHS
Free medical care, dental care, GP visits and prescriptions
Government attempts to reduce smoking
Ban on TV adverts for cigarettes
2007 ban on indoor smoking in public
2016 blank packaging/ with warnings of smoking
Government healthy living campaigns
Five a day
Couch to 5k
Law introduced to control pollution
1956 clean air act
Factories had to be built taller
