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Edwin Chadwick was a civil servant employed by the Poor Law Commission. close Poor Law Commission The body set up by government to supervise the help given to the poor out of local taxes called rates.
Sir Edwin Chadwick (born Jan. 24, 1800, Longsight, Lancashire, Eng.—died July 6, 1890, East Sheen, Surrey) was a lawyer and social reformer who devoted his life to sanitary reform in Britain. As secretary of the royal commission on reform of the poor laws (1834–46), Chadwick was largely responsible for devising the system under which the ...
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Edwin Chadwick. Sir Edwin Chadwick KCB (24 January 1800 – 6 July 1890) was an English social reformer who is noted for his leadership in reforming the Poor Laws in England and instituting major reforms in urban sanitation and public health. A disciple of Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, he was most active between 1832 and 1854; after ...
Mar 17, 2015 · Edwin Chadwick is most associated with public health improvements during the era of Queen Victoria. Edwin Chadwick used his position to persuade the government to invest in public health ventures and Chadwick must be credited with being Britain’s premier pioneer in public health reform. Edwin Chadwick was born in Manchester on 24th January 1800.
Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890) was a central figure in the 19th-century public health reform movement in Britain. His work was instrumental in the sanitary awakening, a movement that revolutionized public health through the systematic improvement of urban sanitation and hygiene.
The 1848 Public Health Act was the first step on the road to improved public health. One of the individuals who played an important role in its creation was Edwin Chadwick, a social reformer. Edwin Chadwick was one of the architects of the 1834 Poor Law, which was based on the principle that making the provision of poor relief so unpleasant ...
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In July 1842, the most important 19th Century publication on social reform was released, titled, 'Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain'. This enquiry into sanitation was the brain-child of lawyer, Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890). He led a team of commissioners travelling the country trying to document the ...
