A-Level Edexcel History - Changes in
Public Health Test Questions with
Complete Answers.
When was the Act for 'Lighting with Gas the Town of St Helens' in Lancashire passed? - Answer
1831-32
Why did implementing the Public Health Act of 1848 get off to a bad start? - Answer It was
overshadowed by the second cholera outbreak to hit Britain.
What were the successes of the Public Health Act of 1848? - Answer 1) By the beginning of
1850, 192 towns had asked for the new public health act to be applied and the Act had been
applied to 32 of them.
2) By 1853, 182 towns had had the Act applied.
3) It marked the beginning of state intervention into public health.
What were the failures of the Public Health Act of 1848? - Answer 1) Many authorities were
reluctant to pay for something they considered unnecessary.
2) In Lancashire, only 400,000 of its 2.5 million people were living under some sort of public
health board.
3) 62 towns had no public health authority at all.
When was the Metropolitan Building Act? - Answer 1844
What did the Metropolitan Building Act do? - Answer It gave the London authorities similar
powers - all newly constructed buildings within 30 feet of a common sewer to be connected to
it.
When were the Common Lodging Houses Acts? - Answer 1851 and 1853
What did the Common Lodging Houses Acts do? - Answer All lodging houses were to be
registered and inspected by the police.
When was the Nuisances Removal Act? - Answer 1855
, When was the Sanitary Act? - Answer 1866
What did the Sanitary Act do for housing? - Answer Placed limitations on landlords renting
out cellars for people to live in.
When was the Artisans' and Labourers' Dwelling Act? - Answer 1868 and 1875
What did the Artisans' and Labourers' Dwelling Act do? - Answer 1868 - Gave local councils
the power to force a landlord to repair an insanitary house.
1875 - Gave local councils the power to clear whole districts.
What did Chamberlain do in terms of housing? - Answer Chamberlain began a slum
clearance in Birmingham. Town council bought four acres of slum houses in the city centre. In
their place they built new law courts and a shopping centre. But it wasn't until 1890 (London)
and 1909 (rest of the country) that councils were obliged to rehouse at least half of the people
evicted in their slum clearance programmes.
What was housing like by 1939? - Answer Most houses in towns and cities had piped water
and were connected to a sewerage system. Only 50% had a hot water tap and a fixed bath.
What did George Peabody do for housing? - Answer He founded Peabody Donation Fund to
provide model dwellings for the London poor. First block of flats opened in Spitalfields in 1864
with toilets, baths and laundry facilities. Larger estates were built in e.g. Westminster. By 1882,
the Trust was housing more than 14,600 people in 3500 dwellings.
What did Titus Salt do for housing? - Answer Built the village of Saltaire. He built the village
for his workers. It included houses, a school, a park, almshouses and a hospital for the workers.
What did Octavia Hill do for housing? - Answer Brought down run-down artisans' cottages
and renovated them and provided them with clean water. She let them at low rent to poor
people. By the mid-1870s she had more than 3000 tenants. She was a strong believer in self-
help.
When was the first smallpox epidemic and how many died? - Answer 1837-1840. 42,000
died.
Public Health Test Questions with
Complete Answers.
When was the Act for 'Lighting with Gas the Town of St Helens' in Lancashire passed? - Answer
1831-32
Why did implementing the Public Health Act of 1848 get off to a bad start? - Answer It was
overshadowed by the second cholera outbreak to hit Britain.
What were the successes of the Public Health Act of 1848? - Answer 1) By the beginning of
1850, 192 towns had asked for the new public health act to be applied and the Act had been
applied to 32 of them.
2) By 1853, 182 towns had had the Act applied.
3) It marked the beginning of state intervention into public health.
What were the failures of the Public Health Act of 1848? - Answer 1) Many authorities were
reluctant to pay for something they considered unnecessary.
2) In Lancashire, only 400,000 of its 2.5 million people were living under some sort of public
health board.
3) 62 towns had no public health authority at all.
When was the Metropolitan Building Act? - Answer 1844
What did the Metropolitan Building Act do? - Answer It gave the London authorities similar
powers - all newly constructed buildings within 30 feet of a common sewer to be connected to
it.
When were the Common Lodging Houses Acts? - Answer 1851 and 1853
What did the Common Lodging Houses Acts do? - Answer All lodging houses were to be
registered and inspected by the police.
When was the Nuisances Removal Act? - Answer 1855
, When was the Sanitary Act? - Answer 1866
What did the Sanitary Act do for housing? - Answer Placed limitations on landlords renting
out cellars for people to live in.
When was the Artisans' and Labourers' Dwelling Act? - Answer 1868 and 1875
What did the Artisans' and Labourers' Dwelling Act do? - Answer 1868 - Gave local councils
the power to force a landlord to repair an insanitary house.
1875 - Gave local councils the power to clear whole districts.
What did Chamberlain do in terms of housing? - Answer Chamberlain began a slum
clearance in Birmingham. Town council bought four acres of slum houses in the city centre. In
their place they built new law courts and a shopping centre. But it wasn't until 1890 (London)
and 1909 (rest of the country) that councils were obliged to rehouse at least half of the people
evicted in their slum clearance programmes.
What was housing like by 1939? - Answer Most houses in towns and cities had piped water
and were connected to a sewerage system. Only 50% had a hot water tap and a fixed bath.
What did George Peabody do for housing? - Answer He founded Peabody Donation Fund to
provide model dwellings for the London poor. First block of flats opened in Spitalfields in 1864
with toilets, baths and laundry facilities. Larger estates were built in e.g. Westminster. By 1882,
the Trust was housing more than 14,600 people in 3500 dwellings.
What did Titus Salt do for housing? - Answer Built the village of Saltaire. He built the village
for his workers. It included houses, a school, a park, almshouses and a hospital for the workers.
What did Octavia Hill do for housing? - Answer Brought down run-down artisans' cottages
and renovated them and provided them with clean water. She let them at low rent to poor
people. By the mid-1870s she had more than 3000 tenants. She was a strong believer in self-
help.
When was the first smallpox epidemic and how many died? - Answer 1837-1840. 42,000
died.
