How did the government react? Cholera

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Local Government

par Kayla Aitkenhead

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

par Shreet Shah

Nigeria

par Nina Kruggel

Human Emotion

par Samuel Anderson-McCoy

Could children be seperated form thier parents and sent to fever hospitals?

Local action was haphazard

Disbanded after the first cholera epidemic in 1832

allowed local authorities to enforce some measures and to finance them from poor rates

In 1832 Temorary Cholera Acts were passed

Could individuals be compelled to have thier houses limed?

Insist that people co-operate with them?

tended to be information gathering, not disease prevention or cure

inspectors who submitted reports in turn sent to the central board

Local boards were only tempoaray

Legallity was a problem

cities did set up board as suggested

central govt for the 1st time, oficcilay recognised that clenlines, adeqaute clothing and food were necessary factors in public health

= Important outcomes

Plasters of mustard, peppermint and hot turpentine

Warm baths; folowed by rubs of castor oil and laudanum

bleeding by leeches

In ignorance about cause, it suggested a variety of remedies

Food and Flanel clothing to be distributed to the poor

People with cholera to place under strict qurantine

Temopary fever hospitals were to be set up

houses to be whitewashed and limed, infected furniture and colhing to be fumigated

It issued advice

means of clenliness

Ventilation of thier dwelling space

food, clothing and bedding of the poor

1 or more medical men

some 'subsatantial householders'

a clergyman

1 or more magistrates

suggested that these local boards should comprise of;

local boards should appoint district inspectors to report on;

advised local governments to set up thier own boards of health - grass roots level

2 civil servants

Medical Commisiioner of the Victualling Office

Director General of the Army medical Department

Consisting of a president

Superintendent -General of Quarantine

4 fellows of the Royal college of physicians

Thier report led toa temporary Board of Health

In 1831 governmnet sent two medical commissioners to St Petersburg to assess the situation.

How did the government react? Cholera

What davice did the Board of Health give?

Whatd did the Local boards do?

What did the Board of Health do?

Cholera was deadly and swift and endendered fear, the governmnet had to act.