Growing government involvement in public health c.1900

Question 1

1906 Free School Meals

Answer 1

provided a hot meal for some poor children but was the decision of local councils to choose whether to fund them or not

Question 2

1908 Old Age Pensions

Answer 2

saved many of the aged poor from the workhouse (place they went if they were homeless and penniless)

Question 3

1911 National Insurance

Answer 3

Protected against unemployment and sickness by providing money to live on

Question 4

1940 Immunisations

Answer 4

mass immunisation programmes in diphtheria and tuberculosis

Question 5

1948 National Health Service

Answer 5

free medical care for all UK citizens

Question 6

what year was the link between smoking and cancer accepted

Answer 6

1962

Question 7

what were the steps taken between 1964-2016 to tackle smoking

Answer 7

Banning cigarette advertisement, promoting nicotine-replacement products, banning smoking in public places, making all cigarette packaging blank

Question 8

why has the government been criticised in their battle against smoking

Answer 8

they were too slow to act for fear of losses in tax revenue, for fear of being called a ‘nanny state’