Summary AQA GCSE History:Medicine- Liberal Reforms and NHS
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A full in depth notes summary of AQA GCSE Medicine: Liberal Reforms and the NHS. These notes managed to get me a grade 8 on my AQA History GCSE in 2022. All notes have been made using class notes, teacher notes and AQA History guides. All notes that i have made are Dyslexia friendly, are colourful ...
How did Public Health improve in the twentieth century?
Malnourished – When a person's diet does not contain enough nutrients
for optimal health. This can lead to serious illness
Poverty Line – The minimum amount of money needed to live
considering all the essential resources one person needs
National Insurance – Compulsory payments by workers to provide
assistance for the sick, unemployed and retired.
1)Who did the government give no help to in 1900?
The sick, unemployed or elderly
2)In 1900, how many babies died before their first birthday?
1 in 7
3)When trying to raise an army to fight in the Boer war, how many
soldiers were rejected from the army because of poor health?
38 per cent of all potential recruits were unfit to serve on medical
grounds.
4)Why was this important in the government taking control of public
health?
Because they wanted/ needed a strong army to fight in the Boer war.
1)Who is Seebohm Rowntree? What did he do? Who did this influence?
He was a chocolate factory owner in York. In 1901, he published a report
of the living conditions in York which showed that more than a quarter of
the people in York were living in poverty and that this was seriously
harming their health. His report deeply
influenced people within the Liberal government that came
into power in 1906.
2)Who is Charles Booth? What did he do? What did his report show?
What did he suggest?
A businessman who paid for research into poverty in the East End
between 1889 and 1903. He also spent weeks living in the area himself.
He discovered that 35 percent of people were living in poverty. He
argued that the government should take responsibility for caring for
people in poverty. One of his suggestions was an old-age pension.
3)Who is David Lloyd George? What did he do?
He was Chancellor of the Exchequer (deciding on now the government
raises and spends its money) in the Liberal
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