How and why did ideas about responsibility for public health change?
In this lesson you will learn how and why government action in improving the health of the people dramatically increased in the last quarter of the 19th century. You will understand why 'the Great Stink', germ theory and new voting laws changed government attitudes.
Video
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Worksheet
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Final Quiz
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