Legislation removed the link between the Poor Law and medical assistance, so that people receiving medical assistance no longer faced the stigmatism of pauperism.
Growing concern about the rise in infant mortality led to the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 and the Education (administrative provisions) Act 1907.
Following a lengthy national debate, the Act created a national system of insurance to protect working people against loss of income relating to sickness or unemployment.
The 1918 influenza pandemic was caused by direct transmission of avian influenza to humans. It killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide in the aftermath of the First World War.
