jul 2, 1848 - Public Health Act 1848
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~ Gave local authorities power to set up boards of health if the death rate reached 23 per thousand and the right to appoint a medical officer of health
~ Boards could control water suplies, sewage disposal and drainage
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Nat 5 history
~ Changing Britain
~ Russia
~ The Era of the Great War
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