Health and the Poor Timeline

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1950	20th Century
1900	20th Century
	Victorian	1867 Oxford Rd Workhouse opened
1850	Victorian	1862 Last outbreak of cholera
1800	Georgian	1839 Royal Berkshire Hospital 1834 Workhouses opened 1802 Reading Dispensary
1750
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1650	Stuart
1600	Stuart	1638 Plague 1635 St Mary's Almshouses 1625 Plague 1608 Plague
	Tudor	1597 Poor Law introduced
1550		1578 GreyFriars as a hospital
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1400	Middle Ages
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1050	Saxons and Vikings
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500		c530 Founding of Reading