Improved Living Conditions 1848-70 Flashcards
What were the issues preventing the working class from improving living conditions?
Due to the nature of wealth, majority of working class were stuck in a poverty cycle
What further issues were reducing improvements in living conditions?
Rapid population growth
Who wrote a book on sanitary conditions in 1842, and what idea did it spread?
Chadwick, spread the idea that diseases like cholera were caused and spread due to poor living conditions
Why were the government failing to intervene to improve living conditions?
Argued it was the local councils job
What was established in 1844, and what was its aim?
Health of Towns Association, aimed to push a public health act
What was the cause for the passing of the Public Health Act 1848?
Typhus outbreak
What was created as a result of the public health act 1848?
A central board of health to monitor local boards - were supposed to provide resources like water, drainage and clean streets
Why was the central board and the 1848 public health act not a success?
The monitoring wasn’t compulsory unless the local council had high mortality rates, the board also received no funding
What did the rate of mortality in a town have to be to have a local health board created?
23/1000
Why did the central health board have little involvement and impact?
Many towns felt it was an excuse for government control, so rarely used it unless had to
What positive result can be seen from the 1848 Public Health Act?
Created precedence for future act
What was the cause of the 1852 burial act?
Overpopulation and high mortality rates in urban areas meant there was no space to bury bodies so shallow graves were dug - lead to disease spreading
What did the 1852 Burial Act create?
A network of cemeteries overseen by a burial board, who would take care of burying dead at the expense of the poor rate
How was the 1852 act furthered in 1854 and 1857?
In 1852 it was only in London, in 1854 and 1857 it spread across the country
What was the impact of the Sanitary Act 1866?
Sanitation inspections compulsory for local corporations+ disregard of contagious diseases punishable
