The document contains two quick tests on public health in Britain between 1350-1900 and 1900-2000. The 1350-1900 section asks about key figures like John Snow and Edwin Chadwick, public health events like the Great Plague and Gin Craze, and when certain innovations occurred. The 1900-2000 section asks about the order of various health-related policies and acts, and what important individuals like Aneurin Bevan and William Beveridge did to impact public health.

1. Quick Y10 Public Heath Test 1350-1900
1. What did John Snow do for public health?
2. What is a stewe?
3. What had happened to the water supply by 1750?
4. What did Edwin Chadwick do for public health?
5. What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
6. Give 1 medieval law that tried to tackle public health.
7. What did Edmund Colthurst do for public health?
8. Give 2 ways in which local authorities tried to tackle the public’s health during the Great Plague
of 1665.
9. Why was the Gin Craze a public health worry?
10. What event was triggered by the Great Stink?
11. Which eras did the following events occur in:
a. Lead pipes bring water to London.
b. Invention of WC.
c. WC becoming popular.
d. Hampton Court having toilets.
e. The first cholera epidemic.
12. Which came first:
a. First cholera epidemic or Edwin Chadwick?
b. Second Public Health Act or the working class getting the vote?
c. The Gin Craze or the Great Plague?
d. Compulsory vaccination against smallpox or the Great Clean Up?
e. Rakers or a law to ban pigs roaming London’s streets?
Quick Y10 Public Heath Test 1900-2000
1. Which came first:
a. Free School Meals of the National Insurance Act?
b. Aneurin Bevan or William Beveridge?
c. Vaccinations for polio or diphtheria?
d. Homes for Heroes or the Emergency Medical Act?
e. The NHS or free hospital treatment?
2. What did they do?
a. Bevan
b. David Lloyd George
c. Beveridge
d. The British Medical Association
e. Current British government

2. Quick Y10 Public Heath Test 1350-1900
1. What did John Snow do for public health? Discovered cholera spread by water
2. What is a stewe? Medieval public bath
3. What had happened to the water supply by 1750? Supplied by private companies
4. What did Edwin Chadwick do for public health? Report of 1842 on state of towns
5. What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875? Compulsory
6. Give 1 medieval law that tried to tackle public health. Fines.
7. What did Edmund Colthurst do for public health? Started artificial river to bring fresh water to
London.
8. Give 2 ways in which local authorities tried to tackle the public’s health during the Great Palgue
of 1665. Banned large gatherings, killed dogs/cats, burned tar in streets, mass grave burials,
boarding up houses, fasting/prayer.
9. Why was the Gin Craze a public health worry? Neglect, drunkenness, poverty, violence,
depression.
10. What event was triggered by the Great Stink? Building of London sewers.
11. Which eras did the following events occur in:
a. Lead pipes bring water to London. Medieval
b. Invention of WC. Reniassance
c. WC becoming popular. Industrial
d. Hampton Court having toilets. Renaissance
e. The first cholera epidemic. Industrial
12. Which came first:
a. First cholera epidemic or Edwin Chadwick? Cholera
b. Second Public Health Act or the working class getting the vote? Vote
c. The Gin Craze or the Great Plague? Plague
d. Compulsory vaccination against smallpox or the Great Clean Up? Vacc
e. Rakers or a law to ban pigs roaming London’s streets? Rakers
Quick Y10 Public Heath Test 1900-2000
1. Which came first:
a. Free School Meals of the National Insurance Act? FSM
b. Aneurin Bevan or William Beveridge? Beveridge
c. Vaccinations for polio or diphtheria? Diph
d. Homes for Heroes or the Emergency Medical Act? HH
e. The NHS or free hospital treatment? FHT
2. What did they do?
a. Bevan Got the NHS going
b. David Lloyd George Liberal health reforms
c. Beveridge Proposed idea of NHS
d. The British Medical Association Campaigned against Bevan
e. Current British government Smoking bans, laws about work/housing, TV campaigns on
healthy living, cervical cancer jabs…