Unit 21- M3 D2

There are many different challenges which were faced within the 19th century and the 20th century however as time went on we are able to develop and gain knowledge and understanding about health and diseases and illnesses. During the 19th century there were many great men such as John Snow and John Simon who helped save lives of many different people by understanding how diseases are spread and how sanitation is important. On the other hand during the 21th century the public health changed and individuals are now affected by obesity and other health problems.
It was very important that in the 19th century the poor law act was put in place this was due to the fact there were a lot of individuals who were extremely poor and couldn’t provide for themselves. The poor law act gave the individuals a chance to live even though most of the time individuals had to go to a workhouse they had to work for food and shelter the individuals, even when family were poor when they went to the working house they had to be separated to do different jobs, this was still rewarding after as they were given food and shelter. This act was incredibly important due to the fact that it give the individuals a chance to live and even though the conditions within the work house was horrendous it still shelter and they were given food to eat. The poor law act was important because it saved many individuals lives.
During the 19th century a John Snow faced a challenge of finding out about how individual were falling ill and die, the individuals who were dying were dying of cholera. John snow was able to document individuals who were diagnosed with cholera, whilst he documented them he realised that most of the cholera patients got their water supply from one pump on board street. When John snow spoke to the cholera victims they all confirmed that they had used the pump. John Snow made people realise that the infectious disease was coming from the pumps he then had the handle, he then removed