Legislation established the Local Government Board, to administrate the Poor Law and the public health work of the medical department of the Privy Council.
Legislation consolidated previous public health acts made during the 19th century. These reforms set a framework for the next 50 years in public health.
Legislation gave the Metropolitan Asylums Board (MAB) additional powers to tackle infectious diseases and removed civil rights from people admitted to an MAB hospital.
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.
