Key developments in public health
Key steps in the development of the public health policies of today include:
1918: After the First World War, the British Prime Minister Lloyd George promised the soldiers returning from the battlegrounds of Europe 'homes fit for heroes'. The government set itself a target of building half-a-million decent homes by 1933.
1919: A Ministry of Health was set up to look after sanitation, health care and disease, as well as the training of doctors, nurses and dentists, and maternity and children's welfare.
1921: Local authorities were required to set up TB sanatoria.
Walter Elliot, Minister of Agriculture, with two children in 1934, during campaign for free school milk
Walter Elliot, Minister of Agriculture, with two children in 1934, during campaign for free school milk
1934: Although the economic depression of the 1930s caused government to cut back on spending, it passed the Free School Milk Act and encouraged local councils to give poor children free school