Public Health Acts - 1848 and 1875

Artisans Dwelling Act - 1875

The Great Reform Act - 1867

Liberal Welfare Reforms - 1906 - 1912

Chadwick proves poor living conditions contribute to disease - 1838

Dr Snow challenges miasma theory by proving cholera is a waterborne disease - 1855

Pasteur came up with germ theory - 1860's

Laissez-faire gradually collapsed as it became clear that Britain's poorer people could not improve their living standards on their own.

The rising power of the Socialist and Labour parties forced Liberals to become more active on subjects such as public health.

Bazalgette redesigned London's sewers throughout the 1860's removing sewage from the streets.

Birmingham slums were demolished by Chamberlain who took advantage of the Artisan Dwellings Act of 1875 which allowed him to purchase the areas.

Industrialists such as Carbury and Lever built model villages at Bourneville and Port Sunlight to protect their workers' living standards.