public health reforms

Question 1

what did the govt introduce in 1837

Answer 1

a doctors list cause of death on death certificates

Question 2

why did the govt have public health reforms

Answer 2

because the growth of civic pride showed how prosperous their towns where

Question 3

Joseph Bazalgette was responsible for this revolution why?

Answer 3

designed huge sewage systems which are still in use today

Question 4

what did the public health act introduce?

Answer 4

allowed towns to make improvements. e.g. any house without a proper sewer was to be pulled down (not in P.H.A 1848)

Question 5

What did Edwin Chadwick think

Answer 5

that ill health was the main cause of poverty

Question 6

what did Edwin chadwick propose in 1842?

Answer 6

that the provision of clean water and sewerage were paid for by an increase of rates

Question 7

who did oppose Edwin Chadwick compared to most other people

Answer 7

the Church leaders

Question 8

by the 1900s what did nearly everyone benefit from

Answer 8

clean water and good housing