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| Name a Government Factor of Public Health that existed before the 1848 Public Health Act. |
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| The government had a Laissez-Faire attitude towards public health. Politicians and well off tax payers believed the government should interfere as little as possible in peoples lives. |
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Name a Science and Technology Factor of Public Health that existed before the 1848 Public Health Act.
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| Medical care was not free. Doctors were expensive for the poor. Most people relied on home remedies which might have relieved the symptoms but were ineffective against contagious diseases such as cholera. |
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Name an Economic Factor of Public Health that existed before the 1848 Public Health Act.
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| The cost of improving public health was enormous. The scale of the problem would require the whole rebuilding of streets and roads. |
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| When was the 1848 Publich Health Act abolished? |
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| 1858 - only 10 years later. |
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| What did the 1848 Public Health Act encourage? |
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It encouraged local Boards of Health to be set up to appoint a Medical Officer, provide sewers, inspect lodging houses and check food which was offered for sale. |
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| What was the 1848 Public Health an outcome of? |
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Definition
It was the outcome of Edwin Chadwick's Sanitary Report and the pressure applied on Parliament by the Health of Towns Association. |
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| State the limitations of the 1848 Public Health Act. |
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The Central board of Health had limited funds and there was no compulsion to ensure that officials were suitably trained or qualified. |
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| What else happened in 1848 that forced the government to take action? |
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| When faced with the second major epidemic of cholera, parliament reluctantly approved the public health act. |
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