Poverty, Public Health and the State in
Britain 1780-1939 Exam Questions With
Complete Solutions
population grew from 13 million to over 31 million - Correct Answers: 1781-1871
population by 1939 - Correct Answers: 48 million
by 1900 how many people lived in a town - Correct Answers: 4 out of 5
official censuses held every year from - Correct Answers: 1841
civil registration of births, deaths and marriages introduced in - Correct Answers: 1837
Louis Pasteur developed germ theory of disease - Correct Answers: 1867
cholera epidemics - Correct Answers: 1831-32 1848-49 1853-54 1866
Joseph Lister develops microscope to magnify 1000 times - Correct Answers: 1830
Louis Pasteur proves microorganisms exist in the air - Correct Answers: 1860
The Liverpool cholera riots - Correct Answers: 29 may - 8 june 1832
government sent 2 medical commissioners to St Petersburg to observe cholera - Correct Answers: 1831
Cholera Acts - Correct Answers: 1832
, The moral and physical condition of the working classes of Manchester by Dr James Kay - Correct
Answers: 1832
Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain by Edwin Chadwick -
Correct Answers: 1842
Report of the Royal Commission into the Sanitary Condition of Large Towns and Populous Districts -
Correct Answers: 1844
Report of the Bradford Woolcombers Sanitary Committee - Correct Answers: 1845
average death age of the Bradford Woolcombers society in 1845 - Correct Answers: 14 years 2 months
S-trap invented by Alexander Cummings - Correct Answers: 1775
building regulations required all new homes to be equipped with a WC - Correct Answers: 1850s
Thomas William Twyford invents first wash out trap water closet, and later makes sure when flushed,
the pan refilled with a small amount of clean water - Correct Answers: 1875, 1888
John Roe adds flushing gates to sewers - Correct Answers: 1842
Manchester University develops sewage treatment system - Correct Answers: 1912
Chelsea Waterworks is first company to install filtration system to purify water from the Thames -
Correct Answers: 1829
The Great Stink - Correct Answers: 1858
Health of Towns Association established - Correct Answers: 1844
Britain 1780-1939 Exam Questions With
Complete Solutions
population grew from 13 million to over 31 million - Correct Answers: 1781-1871
population by 1939 - Correct Answers: 48 million
by 1900 how many people lived in a town - Correct Answers: 4 out of 5
official censuses held every year from - Correct Answers: 1841
civil registration of births, deaths and marriages introduced in - Correct Answers: 1837
Louis Pasteur developed germ theory of disease - Correct Answers: 1867
cholera epidemics - Correct Answers: 1831-32 1848-49 1853-54 1866
Joseph Lister develops microscope to magnify 1000 times - Correct Answers: 1830
Louis Pasteur proves microorganisms exist in the air - Correct Answers: 1860
The Liverpool cholera riots - Correct Answers: 29 may - 8 june 1832
government sent 2 medical commissioners to St Petersburg to observe cholera - Correct Answers: 1831
Cholera Acts - Correct Answers: 1832
, The moral and physical condition of the working classes of Manchester by Dr James Kay - Correct
Answers: 1832
Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain by Edwin Chadwick -
Correct Answers: 1842
Report of the Royal Commission into the Sanitary Condition of Large Towns and Populous Districts -
Correct Answers: 1844
Report of the Bradford Woolcombers Sanitary Committee - Correct Answers: 1845
average death age of the Bradford Woolcombers society in 1845 - Correct Answers: 14 years 2 months
S-trap invented by Alexander Cummings - Correct Answers: 1775
building regulations required all new homes to be equipped with a WC - Correct Answers: 1850s
Thomas William Twyford invents first wash out trap water closet, and later makes sure when flushed,
the pan refilled with a small amount of clean water - Correct Answers: 1875, 1888
John Roe adds flushing gates to sewers - Correct Answers: 1842
Manchester University develops sewage treatment system - Correct Answers: 1912
Chelsea Waterworks is first company to install filtration system to purify water from the Thames -
Correct Answers: 1829
The Great Stink - Correct Answers: 1858
Health of Towns Association established - Correct Answers: 1844
