The birth of the welfare

1890s
1892-1902

state

Training was made compulsory for midwives.

Bevan persuaded people and doctors that a National Health Service would

1902 1906

improve standards of public health. The National Insurance Act created a scheme whereby working

men could gain access to health care.

Poor schoolchildren were given free school meals.

1907
1911 1919 1939 1944 1948

Booth and Rowntree conducted surveys

showing that poverty was usually the

result of low wages, not careless spending,

40 per cent of volunteers were unfit to serve in the British army in the
The Ministry of Health was set up and the government began to build sanatoriums to care for people with TB.
The Beveridge Report identified five giants that the state should deal with after the end of the Second World War.

Health visitors were appointed to help new mothers and

The Emergency Hospital Scheme was set up

The birth of the welfare

1890s
1892-1902

state

Training was made compulsory for midwives.

Bevan persuaded people and doctors that a National Health Service would

1902 1906

improve standards of public health. The National Insurance Act created a scheme whereby working

men could gain access to health care.

Poor schoolchildren were given free school meals.

1907
1911 1919 1939 1944 1948

Booth and Rowntree conducted surveys

showing that poverty was usually the

result of low wages, not careless spending,

40 per cent of volunteers were unfit to serve in the British army in the
The Ministry of Health was set up and the government began to build sanatoriums to care for people with TB.
The Beveridge Report identified five giants that the state should deal with after the end of the Second World War.

Health visitors were appointed to help new mothers and

The Emergency Hospital Scheme was set up