Public Health

2. area excluded from the public Health Act
5. This gave the Board power to construct cemeteries but it was blocked by lack of independent financial powers.
6. The lifespan of the new Board established by the Act
7. This was established under the Act to advise and co-ordinate local authorities.
8. A minor piece of legislation of 1846 allowing local authorities to act to prosecute those responsible for health hazards
13. Date of first outbreak of Cholera
15. City surveyed by Dr James Kay which established the poor living conditions of the working class
16. Date of the Public Health Act
17. Year the report into Public Health was published
18. Civil servant, commissioner and driving force behind the Act and New Poor Law
19. Nickname for those who opposed the Board and government intervention in Public Health

1. One of the commissioners on the board
3. The Act recommended action but did not compel it - i.e it was a ____________ Act
4. Name of the report into Public Health
9. One of the commissioners on the board (also involved in factory reform and education)
10. Deadly disease which spread to middle and upper classes
11. Belief that disease was caused by bad air/smells.
12. If the Death rate exceeded this then it became mandatory for the town council to set up a local board
14. Year the House of Lords established an inquiry into sanitary conditions
16. Number of local boards established by 1854
20. Newspaper which campaigned against the Act and the boards reforms