Public health and authority
What Public health and authority means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Town authorities took action, with mayors and guilds introducing regulations to clean streets, restrict where butchers could slaughter animals, and fine those who dumped waste in rivers.
Some local authorities introduced quarantine measures, restricting movement to prevent contagion, and actions to combat miasma included cleaning streets.
Topics that use Public health and authority
Related terms
- Beliefs and treatments
- Cultural beliefs and scientific progress
- Cultural shifts in science and religion
- Diet and nutrition
- Disease and infection
- Economic conditions
- Economic development and industrialisation
- Environmental pollution
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