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Learning Objectives: ALL to identify the main health problems in the period c17501900 MOST as above and to explain why public health did not improve before 1850. SOME as above and to link these to urbanisation and industrialisation.
Copy definitions: Urbanisation the movement of people from the country to cities Industrialisation - the development of industry on an extensive scale
Read through the following sources. 1) Identify what you think the main health problems in towns were at the time. Write the biggest health problem on your post it note 2) What do you think the main causes of these problems were?
The Terraced Housing used coal to heat the houses and this meant soot would leave the chimney with the smoke. This would rise up in to the atmosphere and then land back down.
Father Thames introducing his offspring to the fair city of London; diphtheria, scrofula and cholera.
What should the government do? How would these men from the 19th century answer?
I cannot afford to see a doctor if I am ill. We do not have running water. We share one toilet between several families. It is no wonder we are ill. The government need to help us! The labourer It is not my fault that the poor get ill. We know that dirt is linked to disease. They should take a bath! I am not paying higher taxes to solve their problem!
The benefits of these measures soon became clear, and by the late 19th century local councils were competing with each other to provide the best public health.
Set the scene. Use your What was significant about the 1875 sources. Public Health Act? Why didnt Describe poor health due to air L8 Analyse and reach a judgement on Public Health improve before pollution and sanitation... the significance of events, people 1850? and features of the past Before 1850 public health was L7 Use criteria to argue the reason a not seen as the governments feature, event or person in the past is responsibility. For example
The 1848 Public Health Act was a step forward. It showed the government were becoming aware that public health was their responsibility. Improvements were slow though because
Improvements didnt speed up until the 1875 Public Health Act because...
significant L6 Explain what you need to look for to tell if something is significant L5 Explain the reasons for the significance of an event, person or feature of the past L4 Describe some of the reasons for an event person or feature of the past being significant
Answer the question using the writing frame and level ladder. Take time to make sure you are looking at the
L8 L7 L6 L5 L4
Analyse and reach a judgement on the significance of events, people and features of the past Use criteria to argue the reason a feature, event or person in the past is significant Explain what you need to look for to tell if something is significant Explain the reasons for the significance of an event, person or feature of the past Describe some of the reasons for an event person or feature of the past being significant
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