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Government and public health from 1830 to 1850
The story of the local and national acts passed following the 1832 cholera epidemic in Britain, including those banning back-to-backs in Manchester and the 1848 Public Health Act. The weaknesses of each law, and why the richer classes were reluctant to enforce the legislation, are considered.
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