Public health
What Public health means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The area in which the 1875 Act compelled local authorities to provide clean water, dispose of sewage properly and appoint Medical Officers of Health.
The focus of government action, which implements measures such as the smoking ban, plain packaging laws and tobacco taxation to prevent lung cancer.
Topics that use Public health
- Option 11: c1700–c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain - 2 Approaches to prevention and treatment (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 11: c1900–present: Medicine in modern Britain - 3 Case studies ● Key individuals: Fleming, Florey and Chain’s development of penicillin. (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Government intervention
- Diagnosis and treatment
- Hospital Care
- Prevention of Disease
- Professionalisation
- Role of Individuals
- Science and technology
- Surgical Advancements
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