It came in 1848/49 and again in 1854. The Health Legislation of ...
It came in 1848/49 and again in 1854. The Health Legislation of the Victorian age is a blended product of Poor Law and Municipal Reform. By 1830 the old boroughs were falling into imbecility; they had for the most part ceased to perform any useful service; improvements in lighting, draining, gas, water, markets, streets, even in police, were carried out under special Acts by special commissioners, and the corporations were little more than corrupt electoral colleges.
When the franchise was bestowed on the ten-pound householders at large, the corporations had lost their reason for existing unless someone could find something for them to do, and make them fit to do it.
One article in the Benthamite code prescribed representative local bodies for all purposes-miniatures of Parliament and Cabinet, with trained officials selected by open competition.
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The Municipal Reform Act did not go so far as this: it ...
The
Municipal Reform Act did not go
so far as this: it created 178 elected corporations, but with limited powers and little supervision from above.London wa
That of all these problems health, in the widest sense, was the ...
That of all these problems
health, in the widest sense, was the most important, had been realized at the time of the cholera visitation, and the lesson was consHistory of the Victorians. Victorian Britain - The British Association for Victorian Studies and Godolphin Chambers | All rights reserved © 2013 | better search engine optimisation by VC | Learn about Economics