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Developments in public health since the mid-20th century
A poster from the 1940s encouraging the public to use a handkerchief when they sneezed The Labour government of 1945-51 created the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948. As well as running ...
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Developments in public health during the early and mid-20th century
The 20th century saw greater improvements and more ... There have also been other government efforts to improve public health. In the 1960s there was a huge slum clearance effort.