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Question (5 marks): Describe the main features of the 1875 Public Health Act.
Mark scheme (1 mark per accurate point, max 5):
- Compulsory (not permissive like 1848 Act) — councils must act.
- Required local authorities to provide clean water and sewerage.
- Mandated appointment of Medical Officers of Health.
- Regulated nuisances, slaughterhouses, and unfit housing.
- Passed under Disraeli's Conservative government; influenced by Chadwick's 1842 Report and the 1866 Sanitary Act.
- Reward credit for citing the Artisans' Dwellings Act 1875 as part of Disraeli's social reform programme.
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