Public Health/Industrial Revolution

This page is designed to help you research and revise public health in the Industrial Revolution. In order to be prepared for the exam you will need to be able to answer in detail the following questions

1. Why was public health so bad during the Industrial Revolution?
2. What were the causes and consequences of the cholera and typhoid epidemics?
3. How did cholera and typhoid effect Kent?
4.Which individuals were important in bringing about change Thomas Crapper, Edwin Chadwick and John Snow
5. What factors were important in the late Nineteenth century encouraging progress

Research Links	Use the external links below for research The try the interactive stuff at the bottom of the page BBC site on why public health was so poor with some introductory info on John Snow
	The government's attitude didn't help!
	A local case study - Complete the activities at the bottom of this page
	Another local case study - Complete the activities at the bottom of this page
	Great name, great invention. Where would you be without it?
	historical toilet controversy!
	BBC on Chadwick
	Useful overview of Public Health Acts here
Interactive and Extension	Not the one who reads the news!
	Think you know it all? Prove it in Mrs Strange's test!
	Interactive lesson on role of cholera in the end of "Laissez-faire"
	Interactive fill in the blanks
	An interactive diagram on why change occurred in the late 19th century
	Think you've finished everything? - do some background research on your next topic