The Connection Between the Poor Law an Public Health

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Chadwick had the whole thing published in his name and at his own expense

medical proffesional

Local authorities

Water companies

Poor Law commission refuse it to be publised because it cricised;

started in 1839 to be published in 1842

Edwin Chadwick, now had ammunition to make a case for full- scale poor Law enquiry

overcrowding, poor ventalation and inadequate water supply and lack of refuse control caused disease

Health conditions could not be acived under existing circumstances

Chadwick chose three doctors who had previous experience in snitary invetigations

Ergo thier conclusion were brought to the attention of Parliament

Their reports backed up what James Kay found in Machester in 1832, but also suggested improvements

All three produced reports

Southwood Smith

James Kay Shuttleworth

Neil Arnott

They authorised a piolot study on the connection between th enviroment with disease, Chadwick was to set it up

The Poor Law Commission agreed with Chadwick

Ergo fell within the competence of the Poor Law Commission

Argued forcefully that, because disease caused pauperism, the prevention of disease and so the prevention of pauperism

Home secretary reffered the matter to the Poor Law Commission

They acted on the connection between epidemics and living conditions

prosecuting negligent landlords

removing filth from the streets

Ergo East London Poor Law Guardians spent money from the poor rates on;

As a result numbers applying for poor relief increased dramatically

The Connection Between the Poor Law an Public Health

Edwin Chadwick

governmnet auditors disallowed this expenditure

Reports published as appendices to the anual report of the Poor Law Commission

1837 - 1838 london was hit by a typhus epidemic