While the Public Health Act of 1848 was a great improvement on what had existed before the system was not compulsory. The board could not force councils to act on its recommendations. In 1854 ...

“The confirmation of two cases of mpox in the country has prompted immediate action as mandated by the Public Health Act,” Health Minister Austin Demby told reporters in the capital, Freetown.

the country's health system was managed by two central ministries and governed by the Public Health Act of 1921, and other statutes that govern specific functions of health. Health guidelines ...

The 1870 Education Act made schooling compulsory. Some schools taught health education. Improved literacy enabled the public to read government pamphlets, eg about health and diet. Building ...