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Mayor of Coventry
Medieval
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1421 he proclaimed every man must clean the street in front of their home or be fined 12 penny’s
Waste collection sold to farmers
All toilets were banned from rivers
2
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Black Death
Medieval
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King ordered all filth must be cleaned from streets
3
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Smallpox
Early modern
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Jenner was awarded £10,000 in 1802 for his work and then a further £20,000
4
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The nhs
20th century
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Since 1948 government set up the NHS and made seeing gps free
Increasing life expectancy from 66-83 for women and 64-79 for men
5
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Post World War Two
20th century
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Government passed clean air acts because 12,000 people died from killed smog in 1952
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