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Chadwick Sanitary Report

Also Known As Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain

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Edwin Chadwick 1842 Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, which argued that disease among the poor was driven by filth and inadequate drainage rather than moral failing, and pressed for centralized sanitary infrastructure, work credited with laying groundwork for Britain first public health legislation.

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1842 1
Location
Great Britain 1
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Associated With

Public Health Act 1848, Milestones

Chadwick's Sanitary Report is the document whose findings directly prompted this Act the following year.

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Edwin Chadwick, Figures
Source Encyclopedia Britannica

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Hygiene and Sanitation, Branches
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.Credited To: Edwin Chadwick, Edwin ChadwickView the Source
Wikipedia: Edwin Chadwick
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His Report on The Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, begun in 1839 and published in 1842, was researched and published at his own expense, and became the best-selling publication produced by the Stationery Office to date.
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