History A-Level
Health, mortality and reform
What Health, mortality and reform means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Health, mortality and reform
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Poor health and high death rates linked to overcrowded, unsanitary urban conditions, and contemporary debate about reform.
Topics that use Health, mortality and reform
- Paper 1, Option 1D: Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform - 2 Industrialis- ation and protest, c1785–c1870 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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