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1F Industrialisation and the People: Britain, c1783–1885

Factory Reform, Public Health and Working-Class Life

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Recall questions on Shaftesbury's factory reform, the Mines Act of 1842 and Factory Act of 1844, Chadwick's report, cholera and housing, weak unions and the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the Rochdale Pioneers and the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875.

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What sanitary reforms did Chadwick advocate as essential to reducing disease and poor rates?

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What conditions did factory workers face in this period?

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What central body did the Public Health Act of 1848 establish?

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  1. 1

    Which reformer campaigned for factory reform and was instrumental in the Factory Acts of 1833 and 1844 and the Mines Act of 1842?

    Model answer

    Lord Shaftesbury

  2. 2

    What restrictions on employment did the Mines Act of 1842 introduce?

    Model answer

    It prohibited underground employment of women and children under ten

  3. 3

    What was Edwin Chadwick's role, and what significant report did he author in 1842?

    Model answer

    He was secretary to the Poor Law Commission and authored the Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population, linking disease to environmental conditions

  4. 4

    What sanitary reforms did Chadwick advocate as essential to reducing disease and poor rates?

    Model answer

    Clean water supply, sewerage systems, and removal of refuse

  5. 5

    What conditions characterised urban areas in industrial Britain during this period?

    Model answer

    Overcrowding, inadequate sanitation, polluted water supplies, and high mortality rates from diseases including cholera and typhus

  6. 6

    When did cholera epidemics strike Britain, and what did they highlight?

    Model answer

    1831-32 and 1848-49, killing tens of thousands and highlighting the connection between poor sanitation and disease

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