What were the pressures for further change/reform?
The 1860s were marked by significant public health challenges, including a devastating cholera epidemic that claimed 20,000 lives. The persistence of poor sanitary conditions in urban areas spurred the need for comprehensive reforms.
Their sanitary duties were made compulsory and they each had to appoint a medical officer of health
Poor Law Board
Medical Department of the Privy Council
Registras General Office
Ergo polititons had to pay attention to ther problems which included public health
Effectively gave the vote to working men in towns
ensured the whole country was covered authorities
Consolidated the function of the Local Government Act Office
revealed that conditions revealed that conditiosn in towns were little better than when chadwick had been masterminding investigations some 30 years earlier
1865; conclusively proved that germs caused disease and were not caused byt it
A 3rd choler epidemic in 1865-6 in whihc 20,000 people died
What were the pressures for further change/reform?
