Health of Towns Association

The Health of Towns Association was formed at a meeting in Exeter Hall, London on 11 December 1844 and was a key organisation in the development of public health in the United Kingdom.[1] Its formation followed the 1843 establishment of the Royal Commission into the Health of Towns[2] chaired by Sir Edwin Chadwick, which produced a series of reports on poor and unsanitary conditions in British cities, quickly prompting the creation of Health of Towns Association branches in several major cities, including Edinburgh, Liverpool and Manchester.[1]

Health of Towns Association Meeting, 1847

These national and local movements led to the passing of the Public Health Act 1848.[3]

References
  1. Ashton, John; Ubido, Janet (1991). "The Healthy City and the Ecological Idea" (PDF). Journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. 4 (1): 173–181. doi:10.1093/shm/4.1.173. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. "List of commissions and officials: 1840-1849". British History Online. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. "The 1848 Public Health Act". UK Parliament. Retrieved 29 May 2020.


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