Britain clears slums and introduces sanitation laws.…

July 1848 CE

Britain clears slums and introduces sanitation laws.

The Public Health Act passe in July 1848 establishes Boards of Health across England and Wales, the nation's first public health law, giving cities broad authority to build modern sanitary systems.

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