The evolution of community medicine. Part 1, The rise of the public health movement.

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<p>The first in an 8-part series of short lectures by Sidney Chave from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The series charts the rise of the Public Health Movement and the different ways this initial reform evolved into community medicine. This lecture deals with the very foundation of the Public Health Movement, beginning with the Great Reform Act of 1832. Chave then looks in much detail at the work of Edwin Chadwick who was inspired by the philosopher Jeremy Bentham. In 1842, Chave wrote an influential report on the sanitary conditions of the working people of Great Britain. Although his report was not immediately effective, it was to revolutionise ideas about public health in the decades to come. 5 segments.</p>

The evolution of community medicine. Part 1, The rise of the public health movement.

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