Industrial Public Health Flashcards
(26 cards)
when dud cholera break out in London
1854
in a single night how many cases were there of cholera
56
what was cholera a result of
overpopulation due to IR
who was John snow
doctor who challenged the idea that disease was caused by miasma
what did John snow prove and when
Heproved that cholera was spread through contaminated waterin 1854
how did snow figure out the cause of cholera
- carried outdetailed research, interviewing the residents of Soho about their lifestyle and plotting the number of deaths on amap.
- He found that those that had drunk water from the pump on Broad Street became ill whereas those who lived in the same area but drunk water from elsewhere did not.
what did snow persuade the gov. to do
persuade them to remove the handle of the Broad Street pump and the cholera outbreak stopped.
what was the long term significance of cholera
- lead to the building of London’s sewers in the 1860s and to the 1875 Public Health Act
what was John snow unable to do
- However, Snow was unable to prove how dirty water spread cholera and so his ideas were slow to be accepted.
who was Edwin Chadwick
Edwin Chadwick was the first government official to claim that:
- poor living conditionscaused poor health;
- it was thegovernment’s responsibilityto do something about it.
when did Edwin Chadwick publish his report and what was it called
1842 On the Living Conditions of the Labouring Population
how many copied of Chadwicks report was published
10,000
what did Chadwicks report claim the gov. should do
Government must:
- Supply cleandrinking water;
- Removesewage;
- Clean thestreets;
- Appoint amedical officerin each district to enforce these rules.
what did Chadwicks report lead to
public health acts
when was the first public health act
1848
when was the second public health act
1875
what did the first public health act say
- Thisencouragedlocal councils to do these things by allowing them to borrow money to invest
- wasn’t compulsory
what did the second public health act do
- His work in the long-term led to theSecond Public Health Actwhich finally enforced his four key recommendations.
- meant that boards of health had to be made
- forced councils to appoint health inspectors, sanitary inspectors to make sure laws on things like water supplied and hygiene were followed
- made councils maintain sewerage systems and keep streets clean
- more effective than first because was forced
when was the great stink
1858
what caused the great stink
- hot weather caused water levels to drop and grow bacteria in the waste
- caused bad smell
what did the great stink prevent
parliament meeting because the smell was so bad
when was Joseph bazalgette appointed to what
1859 to to build new sewer system
how many miles of sewage were built
1300
when did bazalgettes sewer officially open
1865
