蜜芽传媒

Voiceover and images of primary documents and contemporary pictures explain how the growing wealth of Britain led to the government taking more responsibility for public health. In Manchester, John Lee was appointed the first medical officer and he began to get rid of cellar dwellings, back-to-backs and midden privies. In 1875 another Public Health Act was passed to improve water supply and drainage to all houses, it was compulsory and enforced.