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Why was reform of public health considered necessary in Britain in the 19 century? What reforms took place and what part did Edwin Chadwick play in achieving them?
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Public Health in the 19th Century. Why was reform of public health considered necessary in Britain in the 19 century? What reforms took place and what part did Edwin Chadwick play in achieving them? A reform of Public health was extremely necessary, if not vital, due mainly to the fact that there were far too many people dying from lack of hygiene. During the first half of the nineteenth century, the living conditions of the working classes in Britain were utterly appalling. The main problem was sewage. The disposal of sewage and other waste had always been a huge problem amongst the urban population. Though people living in rural areas tended to bury their rubbish or dump it in isolated spots, in urbanised society piles of decaying waste could be seen regularly in the streets and courtyards of the poorer areas, with their row-upon-row of back-to-back dwellings. If not dumped in the...
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