Role Of The State And Public Health

Question 1

What was the significance of the Public Health Act 1848?

Answer 1

First government intervention in public health
Created local boards but was optional; response to cholera

Question 2

What did the Public Health Act 1875 achieve?

Answer 2

Made sanitation compulsory (clean water, sewerage)
Key step in acceptance of state responsibility for health

Question 3

What reforms came from the Liberal Government of 1906-1914?

Answer 3

Free school meals 1906
Medical inspections 1907
Old Age Pensions 1908
National Insurance 1911
- early welfare system

Question 4

What were the limitations of the Liberal reforms?

Answer 4

Only partial coverage (e.g. Nation Insurance excluded families)
Didn’t address root causes of poverty

Question 5

What was the impact of the NHS (1948)?

Answer 5

Universal free healthcare - dramatically improved access to doctors, treatment and life expectancy
Massive state intervention