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ENGAGING WITH AQA GCSE
Part 3: The nineteenth century, c1800–1900: A revolution in medicine
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9.3 The factors behind public health
improvement: Part 2
Research & Record
What factors played the most important role in
public health improvements?
Essential
No change could have happened
without it
Use the timeline below to complete column 3 of the
table you started on page 66.
Important
Think carefully about the words you use to evaluate
the importance of each factor. Which factors were
essential to public health improvement? Which factor
was important?
Without it change might have
been less widespread or
significant
Minimal
Had only a little impact
No importance
No influence at all
1842 Chadwick’s report
1854 John Snow links cholera to infected water
(see page 66) highlights
the link between illness
and poor living conditions.
(see page 67). His work showed the importance of using
data to study epidemics. It also added to the pressure
for clean water and effective sewerage systems.
1848 First Public Health Act
1858 ‘The Great Stink’
(see page 66) allows, but does not
force, councils to make improvements.
(see page 64) added to the evidence
that London needed a sewer system.
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Summarise
The SEWAGE memory aid summarises
Public Health changes in the nineteenth
century.
S = Sewers open
E = Epidemics, e.g. cholera
W = Water unclean
A = Acts by government, e.g. 1848 and 1875
G = Germ Theory and Great Stink trigger
action
E = Engineers improve sanitation, e.g. Bazalgette
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