... of this, medical treatment was still too expensive for many people to afford. On the other hand, health was still improving. Thanks to the wars, drugs, treatments and surgery had all progressed much faster than they would have otherwise. Children were being given cheap or free meals at school (which was also free in many places, or very cheap), midwives were given better training, the schools did regular health checks, better housing was enforced as back-to-back housing was banned, day nurseries were provided for working women, women were taught how to best look after their children and milk production became more hygienic. Along with this, vaccinations for the main killers of both children and adults were discovered, these were free and often enforced. Regulations about smoke and smog were made, dramatically cutting the number of deaths from influenza, pneumonia, TB and other illnesses that affected the lungs (the smoke in ...

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