Sanitary Reform

The poor environmental conditions found in Manchester at this time prompted a call for sanitary reform which was taken up by the strong scientific community. This community was centred on the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society and included Lyon Playfair, Frederick Crace-Calvert, Edward Frankland, and Edward Schunck, as well as Robert Angus Smith. A letter written by Smith to the Manchester Guardian in November 1844 shows a deep concern for the environment... 

The Unified Health System (SUS) was instituted by the 1988 Federal Constitution, as a result of a widespread movement for the democratization of society and another within the health sector, known as Sanitary Reform, which sought to create a public health system for all the country s citizens (Paim, 2009). Since 1988, health has been considered an inalienable right, and the state is responsible for guaranteeing universal, comprehensive and equitable access to activities and services that include the prevention of diseases and the promotion and restoration of health. 

Brown, John C. 1989a. Public Reform or Private Gain The Case of Investments in Sanitary Infrastructure Germany, 1880-1887. Urban Studies 26 2-12. 

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