... little disease in as possible for the average man or woman to drink. And they had also kept medical officers of health that were formed in the 1948 public health act which over saw the disease ridden streets and saw something needed doing. They also set up other laws which weren't necessarily aiming to sort out public health, but did have a big effect on it. For instance they made Health education in schools which would be taught to 5 to 11 year olds who now had to go to school because the government had made a law forcing them to do so. They also made clear guidelines on food regulations so that food in shops was of some sort of quality, Building regulations to help with spacing out houses and making them of a secure and well built nature, and more importantly laws against pollution which stated how water and ...

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