Timeline from 1800s notes

(nineteenth century)
Work of john snow,
Edwin chadwick the sanitary movement
Poor law act 1834
First public health act 1848,

(Twentieth century)
In 1906 local councils were told to provide free school meals for poor children.
In 1907 school medical examinations were ordered for all children (among these examinations were those of the 'nitty nurse').
In 1908 Old-age pensions were introduced.
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.
Beveridge report 1942

fAn important report with reguards to public health was the Beveridge report Beveridge believed there were ‘five giants’ that had to be identified in society. These were
‘want’ – poverty was seen as the main problem in society . In 1946 the ‘national insurance act was passed which provided sickness and unemployment benefit, retirement pension, maternity benefits and widow benefits. This was essentially the start of the benefit system we have today
‘disease’ – In 46’ the ‘national health service act’ was passed and everyone was entitled to dental, optical and medical services for free.
‘squalor’ - Most of Britain still had slum areas and overcrowding was a serious problem made worse by bomb damage during the war. To deal with the problem of squalor the government concentrated on the building of decent homes for the working class after the war.
‘ignorance’ – in 1944 the war time coalation government passed the education act, The act made secondary education compulsory until the age of 15 years and provided meals, milk and medical services at every school.
‘idleness’ - After the war, there seemed to be work for everyone as Britain rebuilt itself. The Labour Government