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 ...

A federal judge has told government agencies to restore public access to health-related webpages and datasets they removed to ...

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 ...