Public Health In The 19th Century

Wohl (1983) gave a well researched historical account of public health and development in Britain from the middle of the 19th century to the early 20th century. The devastating poverty and poor physical health of most of the population, lucidly described by the author, were horrendous. At the beginning of the Victorian period few people were free from disease, stench and impure water. The marked socioeconomic differences, intolerable living conditions and poor working conditions (although not a new phenomenon) took on an added dimension because of the vast shift of population, with those previously living in rural areas coming to live in towns. This "urban revolution" with the subsequent rapid growth of towns and a huge influx of Irish immigrants
These would not have been achieved without major social engineering and general improvements of living standards resulting in clean water, proper sanitation and sewage, and improved housing conditions. The impact of the public health men such as Farr, Chadwick and Simon is well described. Public health was seen as a kind of fundamental reform, an underpinning for all the other reforms (whether moral, social, or physical) which depended on improving the food, water, air and lodgings of the inhabitants. Public health became a moral crusade and major environmental changes were attempted. By the end of the century some positive effects of the mass public health approach to the major problems of poverty, poor physical health of the nation and premature death were apparent and there had been some progress in the reduction of epidemic diseases (which were mostly preventable) through improvement in water supply and sanitation, and the slow realization of the connection between disease and
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