1. 1831 - First cholera epidemic in Britain.
1842 – Edwin Chadwick publishes his ‘Report into the Sanitary Conditions of the
Labouring Population of Great Britain’.
1848 – Second cholera epidemic.
1848 – First Public Health Act.
1849 – John Snow publishes On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, where he
displays evidence that cholera is waterborne.
1853 – Third cholera epidemic.
1854 – National Board of Health disbanded.
1854 – John Snow conclusively proves that cholera is waterborne.
1855- Nuisance Removal Act makes overcrowding illegal.
1858- Great Stink.
1861 – Louis Pasteur publishes his germ theory.
1864 – Louis Pasteur proves that his germ theory is correct.
1864 – Unhealthy conditions in factories are made illegal in the Factory Act.
1866- Final cholera epidemic.
1867 – The Second Reform Act gives some working class men the vote.
1875 – Joseph Bazalgette completes the building of London’s sewer system.
1875 – Artisan Dwellings Act.
1875 – Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
1875 – Second Public Health Act.
1876 – Rivers Pollution Prevention Act.
1889 – Charles Booth publishes his survey on conditions in the East End of London, Life and Labour
of the People of London.
1901 – Seebohm Rowntree publishes is survey on conditions in York, Poverty, a Study of Town Life.
1906 – Labour Party founded.
1906 – Provision of Free School Meals Act.
1906 – Labour Exchanges Act.
1907 – Medical Inspections Act.
1908 – Pensions Act.
1911 – National Insurance Act.
1912 – School clinics set up.