actions and systems intended to prevent disease and maintain good health within communities

foods which have been made weaker or worse in quality, especially by having something added to them

the belief that governments should not interfere in people’s daily lives

Improvements in public health in the 19th century

History

Medieval ideas about the causes of illness and disease

Medieval approaches to treating and preventing disease

Medieval surgery

Medieval caregivers

The Black Death

Renaissance ideas about disease and illness

Renaissance approaches to treatment and prevention

Renaissance changes in anatomy and surgery

William Harvey

Hospital care in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

The Great Plague of 1665

Edward Jenner and vaccination

New 19th century ideas about the causes of disease and illness

19th century approaches to treatment and prevention

A 19th century revolution in surgery

The growth of hospital care in the 19th century

Fighting cholera in London in the 19th century

Modern advances in understanding the causes of illness and disease

Modern improvements in diagnosis

The development of magic bullets and antibiotics

The welfare state and the NHS

Modern approaches to medical treatment

Modern approaches to the prevention of illness and disease

The fight against lung cancer in the 21st century

In this unit, pupils learn about either migrants in Britain or medicine in Britain over a period of roughly 1000 years. They examine one of these themes, analysing the impact it had in Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial and Modern Britain, with a particular focus on change and continuity.

Thematic studies

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Physical illness or injury, medical procedures, blood.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Write the missing word. Foods are referred to as {{}} if they have been made weaker or worse in quality, especially by having something added to them.

Who published a report in 1842 on the conditions industrial workers lived in?

What type of houses were often built in cities for industrial workers?

In which years were Public Health Acts passed in Britain?

it rejected his calls for improved water supplies and sewage systems

it claimed that the government had no responsibility for public health

it was not compulsory so many local authorities ignored it

Why was the 1848 Public Health Act less effective than Edwin Chadwick may have hoped?

cholera epidemics hit Britain for the first time

Edwin Chadwick investigates the living conditions of industrial workers

vote extended to many industrial workers for the first time

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Write the missing word. Water is described as {{}} if it becomes dirty or harmful to people’s health.

John Snow investigated the spread of which disease in London?

How many people died in the cholera epidemic of 1848-49 in Britain?

In 1854, which area of London did John Snow conduct his investigations around?

Write the missing word. John Snow's investigations proved that {{}} did not spread disease.

new sewage system built by Joseph Bazalgette in London

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Improvements in public health in the 19th century

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.