Paper II Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

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Paper IIPublic Health in the 19th and 20th
Centuries.
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Public Health

• What is Public Health
• It refers to the well being of the whole
  community or population.
• Why did Public Health become a serious issue in
  the 19th and 20th Centuries?

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Public Health

• Why did Public Health become a serious issue in
  the 19th and 20th Centuries?
• Industrialisation,
• Urbanisation,
• Rich could not hide from diseases that afflicted
  the poor.
• Development of democracy,
• Understanding of the Germ Theory Doctors and
  politicians now knew what was causing disease in
  the first place.

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19th Century Developments

• 1867 Working class men given vote
• 1870 Education acts
• 1875 Public Health Act
• Councils were forced to provide clean water,
  drainage and sewage, Medical Officer
• 1876 Building regulations
• 1876 Regulations on food sold in shops.
• 1876 Laws against polluting rivers
• 1889 Isolation hospitals for infectious diseases

• 1802 Factory Acts
• 1837 Statistics collected on all births, deaths
  etc
• 1848 Public Health Act encourages local councils
  to improve conditions
• 1852 Compulsory Vaccinations
• 1854 John Snow Cholera explanation
• 1858 Regulation of doctors qualifications
• 1861 Germ Theory

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Twentieth Century Problems

• Despite the big steps taken in the 19th Century,
  there were still serious health problems for the
  population at large and for one group in
  particular.
• Which group?

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Infant Mortality

• Look at the graph on page 160.
• What reasons can you give for such high rates at
  least until 1900?
• Source 3 page 160

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Why did Infant Mortality Decrease

• Look at source 4 to 10 pages 161 to 162.
• List all the factors that helped to improve the
  infant mortality rates.
• In your opinion, which factors were the most
  significant.

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Why did Infant Mortality Decrease

• Look at source 4 to 10 pages 161 to 162.
• List all the factors that helped to improve the
  infant mortality rates.
• In your opinion, which factors were the most
  significant.
• Extension What impact did the Second World War
  have on anal beard Public Health in Britain