1832 | A severe outbreak of cholera affects many British towns and cities and prompts investigation on the part of the medical community. |
1833 | Dr. Robert Baker submits his Report to the Leeds Board of Health outlining his investigation into the cholera outbreak in Leeds. |
1841 | The periodical Punch is launched. |
1842 | Edwin Chadwick publishes his Report into the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain. |
1844 | The Health of Towns Association is established to put pressure on the government to bring about sanitary reform. |
1848 | The Public Health Act is passed by Robert Peel's government, establishing a Central Board of Health as well as corporate boroughs with responsibility for drainage and water supply to different areas. |
1849 | The Metropolitan Sanitary Association is established to campaign for adequate public health provision for London (not covered by the Public Health Act of 1848). |
1849 | John Snow publishes On the Mode of Communication of Cholera. A second edition is published in 1855, this time including findings from the case of the Broad Street pump. |
1849 | The Morning Chronicle begins a series of letters and articles looking at the issue of sanitary reform. These are published daily until the end of 1850. |
1849 | Britain suffers another outbreak of cholera. 10,000 people die in three months in London alone. |
1850 | The Metropolitan Sanitary Association publishes its first report. |
1850 | Charles Dickens begins to publish his journal Household Words. |
1854 | The outbreak of cholera documented by John Snow in the second edition of On the Mode of Communication of Cholera begins. |
1858 | A revised Public Health Act is passed, abolishing the Central Board of Health and creating local boards responsible for preventative action and reform. |
1866 | Parliament passes the Sanitary Act making local authorities responsible for the removal of 'nuisances' to public health and for the removal or improvement of slum dwellings. |
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