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Liberal Social Reforms (Charles Booth (Booth was a social reporter who…
Liberal Social Reforms
The Second Boer War
In 1899, Britain was angry because some farmers were refusing to leave British South African land. They were called Boer farmers and were Dutch
Between 1899 and 1902, thousands of Men volunteered to fight
However, 1/3 of these men were unfit for medical service, leaving the British government worried about what would be necessary if Britain got involved in a bigger war, E.G, with GERMANY
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Seebohm Rowntree
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Report was titled "Poverty, A study of town life"
It showed that 30% of York's population did not cross the "Poverty Line", which was a measure of how much money was needed to get out of Poverty
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The Beveridge report
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William Beveridge was an expert appointed to oversee a committee looking into Social Security in WWII Britain
The Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services was published in 1942 and soon became known as the Beveridge Report
The NHS
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In the first year, the service was very popular, and great improvements were made in public health
New Hospitals followed, and diseases began to fall in number
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Opposition
A lot of doctors were opposed as they would have preferred to charge patients individually, rather than being Government employees