Edexcel A-Level History 9HI0
The Crusades, c1095–1204Paper 1
England, 1509–1603: Authority, Nation and ReligionPaper 1
Britain, 1625–1701: Conflict, Revolution and SettlementPaper 1
Britain, c1785–c1870: Democracy, Protest and ReformPaper 1
Russia, 1917–91: From Lenin to YeltsinPaper 1
In Search of the American Dream: The USA, c1917–96Paper 1
Germany and West Germany, 1918–89Paper 1
Britain Transformed, 1918–97Paper 1
Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053–1106Paper 2
England and the Angevin Empire in the Reign of Henry II, 1154–89Paper 2
Luther and the German Reformation, c1515–55Paper 2
The Dutch Revolt, c1563–1609Paper 2
France in Revolution, 1774–99Paper 2
Russia in Revolution, 1894–1924Paper 2
The Unification of Italy, c1830–70Paper 2
The Unification of Germany, c1840–71Paper 2
Mao’s China, 1949–76Paper 2
The German Democratic Republic, 1949–90Paper 2
India, c1914–48: The Road to IndependencePaper 2
South Africa, 1948–94: From Apartheid State to ‘Rainbow Nation’Paper 2
The Rise and Fall of Fascism in Italy, c1911–46Paper 2
Spain, 1930–78: Republicanism, Francoism and the Re-Establishment of DemocracyPaper 2
The USA, c1920–55: Boom, Bust and RecoveryPaper 2
The USA, 1955–92: Conformity and ChallengePaper 2
Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509Paper 3
Rebellion and Disorder Under the Tudors, 1485–1603Paper 3
The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598Paper 3
The Witch Craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750Paper 3
Industrialisation and Social Change in Britain, 1759–1928: Forging a New SocietyPaper 3
Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain, c1780–1939Paper 3
Britain: Losing and Gaining an Empire, 1763–1914Paper 3
The British Experience of Warfare, c1790–1918Paper 3
Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain, c1780–1928Paper 3
Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923Paper 3
The Changing Nature of Warfare, 1859–1991: Perception and RealityPaper 3
Germany, 1871–1990: United, Divided and ReunitedPaper 3
The Making of Modern Russia, 1855–1991Paper 3
The Making of Modern China, 1860–1997Paper 3
Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA, 1850–2009Paper 3
Mass Media and Social Change in Britain, 1882–2004Paper 3
Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain, c1780–1939
- 19 subtopics
- 54 things to know
- Paper 3
- Paper 3 themes option, chosen from sixteen
What Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain, c1780–1939 covers
A Paper 3 option combining aspects in breadth on public health and changing attitudes to state intervention with aspects in depth on the old Poor Law and its reform in 1834, the pressures for change that produced the Liberal welfare reforms, and the poverty of the interwar years.
Where it is assessed
Paper 3
Themes in breadth with aspects in depth, one option of sixteen.
Check the Pearson Edexcel specification ↗The 19 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- The impetus for change, c1780–1939Recall questions on the health problems industrialisation created, back-to-back housing, the cholera epidemics, the role of statistics, and why epidemics prompted action.Open →
- Changing attitudes to public healthRecall questions on attitudes in 1780 and the arguments against intervention, the Dirty Party, the press, the Great Stink, germ theory, and national efficiency.Open →
- Central government and local initiatives in public healthRecall questions on the Acts of 1848 and 1875 and why they differed, the medical officers of health, vaccination, water supply, and slum clearance.Open →
- Individuals who improved public healthRecall questions on Jenner and vaccination, Chadwick's report and his unpopularity, Snow and the Broad Street pump, Bazalgette's sewers, and Marie Stopes.Open →
- The organisation of the parish-based relief systemRecall questions on how the old Poor Law worked, settlement and removal, Speenhamland, the Roundsman system and Labour Rate, and the cost by 1832.Open →
- Indoor relief in poorhouses, workhouses and houses of correctionRecall questions on the forms indoor relief took, Gilbert's Act, the Sturges-Bourne Acts and plural voting, and how uncommon indoor relief actually was.Open →
- Pressures for changeRecall questions on the ideological case against relief, Malthus and Bentham, the financial argument, political economy, and the effect of the Swing Riots.Open →
- Reforming the Poor LawRecall questions on the Royal Commission and the quality of its evidence, what the 1834 Act required, unions and guardians, and how unevenly it was implemented.Open →
- The impact of the workhouseRecall questions on the regime and the separation of families, the workhouse test and less eligibility, who actually lived there, and the stigma attached to entry.Open →
- Opposition to the new Poor LawRecall questions on Oastler and Fielden, the forms opposition took, where it was strongest, the Anti-Poor Law movement, and its connection to Chartism.Open →
- Changing government controlRecall questions on the Andover scandal and what it revealed, the Poor Law Board, the Local Government Board, and the crusade against outdoor relief.Open →
- Charity and self-help in dealing with povertyRecall questions on the scale of charitable giving, the Charity Organisation Society and its critics, the friendly societies, and the settlement houses.Open →
- Smiles, Mayhew and Dickens on povertyRecall questions on Self-Help and its influence, Mayhew's method and what he revealed, Dickens's attacks on the workhouse and on political economy.Open →
- Pressures for reformRecall questions on Booth's poverty maps, Rowntree's poverty line and cycle, the Fabian Society, and the effect of the Boer War recruitment figures.Open →
- The Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, 1905-09Recall questions on why it was appointed, the Majority and Minority Reports, the Webbs, why no legislation followed, and its influence on later welfare.Open →
- The impact of the Liberal reformsRecall questions on school meals and medical inspection, the 1908 pension and why it was paid through post offices, National Insurance, and the Trade Boards Act.Open →
- Poverty in the 1920s and 1930sRecall questions on the decline of the staple industries, the level and regional pattern of unemployment, long-term unemployment, and Boyd Orr's findings on diet.Open →
- The Jarrow March and the hunger marchesRecall questions on why Jarrow marched and how the march was organised, why it avoided Communist involvement, Ellen Wilkinson, and how it differed from the NUWM marches.Open →
- Government measures in the 1930sRecall questions on the Means Test and why it was resented, the Unemployment Assistance Board, the Special Areas Act, trading estates, and how little policy achieved.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What did the new Poor Law of 1834 establish?
What did the Public Health Act of 1848 establish?
What were TB sanatoria?
Why was the 'able-bodied pauper' seen as a problem?
What forms did indoor relief take?
Did outdoor relief actually end after 1834?
What was the Andover workhouse scandal?
What did the Charity Organisation Society do?
What did the Liberal old age pension of 1908 provide?
How did the decline of heavy industry cause poverty between the wars?
What public health problems did rapid industrialisation create?
How did advances in technology aid public health?
Who were the Dirty Party?
How did the press contribute to changing attitudes?
What was the Speenhamland system?
What did the Sturges-Bourne Acts of 1818–19 introduce?
How did Benthamism shape the new Poor Law?
What was the panopticon and why is it relevant?
Who dominated the Royal Commission of 1832?
What was the workhouse regime like?
Who was Richard Oastler?
Who was John Fielden?
What change in central control followed the Andover scandal?
How did Friendly Societies and cooperatives help people cope with poverty?
What message did Samuel Smiles promote?
What did Mayhew's work reveal?
What did the Fabian Society advocate?
Why did the Boer War recruitment figures matter?
What came out of the four-year royal commission on poor relief that reported in 1909?
Who wrote the Minority Report?
What did the National Insurance Act of 1911 introduce?
What was the regional pattern of interwar poverty?
Who organised many of the hunger marches of the period?
Why did Jarrow march?
What was the Means Test and why was it hated?
What was the 'Dole'?
What was the miasma theory of disease?
What was the Great Stink?
What overall trend marked government's role in health across the period?
How did the Elizabethan Poor Law operate?
What was a poorhouse?
How did political economy shape the reform?
How reliable was the Commission's evidence?
What was the 'workhouse test'?
What forms did opposition take?
What did the Andover inquiry reveal?
How large was the friendly society movement?
How did Dickens attack the Poor Law?
Why did the Commission's reports produce no immediate legislation?
What did the Trade Boards Act and Labour Exchanges Act of 1909 do?
How did the Depression affect Britain compared with other countries?
What was the immediate result of the Jarrow March?
What was the Unemployment Assistance Board?
Take Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain, c1780–1939 further
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Commonly confused
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Miasma theory of disease vs TB sanatoria
Miasma theory of disease: the belief that disease was caused by 'bad air' or foul smells rising from filth and decay, rather than by germs. TB sanatoria: Institutions providing fresh air, rest and isolation to treat and contain tuberculosis sufferers.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What public health problems did rapid industrialisation create?
Model answer
Overcrowded, badly built housing, contaminated water, inadequate drainage and sewage disposal, producing filth and epidemic disease in towns.
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Why was the cholera epidemic of 1832 a turning point?
Model answer
Its sudden, deadly and unpredictable spread frightened all classes and forced government and public to take urban sanitary conditions seriously.
- 3
What did Chadwick's 1842 report argue?
Model answer
His Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population linked disease and early death to filth, bad drainage and water, and urged sanitary reform to cut poor-relief costs.
- 4
How did advances in technology aid public health?
Model answer
Improvements in engineering, glazed pipes, pumps and filtration made large-scale clean water supply and proper drainage and sewerage possible.
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What was the miasma theory of disease?
Model answer
The belief that disease was caused by 'bad air' or foul smells rising from filth and decay, rather than by germs.
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What was life expectancy in the industrial towns?
Model answer
In Manchester and Liverpool in the 1840s the average age at death was about 26 for the whole population and 17 for labourers' families, roughly half the rural figure.
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Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain, c1780–1939 revision questions
- What does Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain, c1780–1939 cover in Edexcel A-Level History?
- 19 subtopics: the impetus for change, c1780–1939, changing attitudes to public health, central government and local initiatives in public health, individuals who improved public health, the organisation of the parish-based relief system, indoor relief in poorhouses, workhouses and houses of correction, pressures for change, reforming the poor law, the impact of the workhouse, opposition to the new poor law, changing government control, charity and self-help in dealing with poverty, smiles, mayhew and dickens on poverty, pressures for reform, the royal commission on the poor laws, 1905-09, the impact of the liberal reforms, poverty in the 1920s and 1930s, the jarrow march and the hunger marches and government measures in the 1930s. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain, c1780–1939 organised?
- By the Edexcel 9HI0 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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