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starter activity

Each of the pictures refers to an improvement in public health in the 1800s. Identify and

explain the individual / event. Identify and explain the factor

1845

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starter activity

1845

1853, soap tax abolished

Chadwicks report on

urban poor, 1842Dr Snow and Broad St

pump, 1854

1845 Public Health Actnot

compulsory

Flushing toiletsBazalgette, GreatStink, 1858

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Why was the 1875 PublicHealth Act finally passed?

To identify the factors which led to the 1875

PHATo debate the reasons why the Act was

finally passed

Learning objectives

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Your task Read p.154-5. Make

notes on the

contribution of the

following to better publichealth: Octavia Hill,

Louis Pasteur

How important were

changes in the right to

vote?

Octavia Hill 1838-1912.Can you think of otherpioneering women we have studied?

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End of laissez faire

Octavia Hill: bought & refurbished 2000 slum

housingled to 1875, Artisans Dwellings Act

Louis Pasteur: published Germ Theory (1861),

conducted public experiments

Political reform: 1867 & 1884 Electoral Reform

Actsincreased male franchise

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Your task Read p.150 and p.155 and make

a note of ways in which the 1875

Public Health was an

improvement. Note down examples of other

laws passed and explain how

they helped improve conditions.

Explain which individuals

were most helpful in getting the

new laws passed

FOLKESTONE

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Public Health Act, 1875

Local councils MUST improve water supply and

sewage systems (sanitation), MUST appoint

inspectors (Medical Health Officer)

Improved standards of housing

Fines for pollution of rivers

Improved working practices, e.g. shorter hours Food standards, e.g. checks on ingredients

Compulsory education Which was the mostimportant improvement?

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Your task It is the year before the Public Health Act was

finally passed. A special public meeting has been

convened to hear the views of different people

in Victorian society. Decide if your individual

would have been for or against the forthcoming

Act and debate your views.

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Homework Imagine you are an MP who supports the Public Health Act.

Write a speech (1 side A4, Arial font 12) setting out yourreasons for supporting the Act. Refer to the following:

The work of key individuals, e.g. Chadwick & Snow

Other factors such as the cholera epidemics Failures in the past to tackle the problems of public health, e.g.

1847 Public Health Act

Recent changes in Victorian society that make a new act more

important, e.g. new technology, better education, populationgrowth etc.

Use persuasive language

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Plenary Key individuals in the development of better

public health in Victorian Britain?

Other factors that helped?

Reasons why people opposed the 1875 Public

Health Act

Extension. How good was Victorian publichealth compared with other periods?