Public Health in the 19th Centuty

Who wrote "Report on the Sanitary conditions of the Labouring Population" in 1842?

• Edwin Chadwick

• John Snow

• William Farr

• Joseph Bazalgette

• Louis Pasteur

Who used birth and death statistics to prove a link between poverty, dirt and ill health?

• Edwin Chadwick

• John Snow

• William Farr

• Joseph Bazalgette

• Louis Pasteur

Who proved that cholera was spread through contaminated water?

• Edwin Chadwick

• John Snow

• William Farr

• Joseph Bazalgette

• Louis Pasteur

Who designed London's sewer system?

• Edwin Chadwick

• John Snow

• William Farr

• Joseph Bazalgette

• Louis Pasteur

In what year was the first British Public Health Act passed?

• 1837

• 1842

• 1848

• 1854

• 1858

In what year was the Great Stink?

• 1837

• 1842

• 1848

• 1854

• 1858

In what year was the National Board Of Health established by the first Public Health Act disbanded?

• 1837

• 1842

• 1848

• 1854

• 1858

When did the building of the London Sewer begin?

• 1837

• 1842

• 1848

• 1854

• 1858

When was the second British Public Health Act passed?

• 1854

• 1858

• 1865

• 1875

• 1880

In 1853 the government lifted the tax on _____ to make it more affordable.