Timeline

1842

Edwin Chadwick publishes his landmark Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain.
1848

The Public Health Act 1848 is introduced. This establishes a General Board of Health and marks the first acceptance of responsibility for the health of the population by government.
1854

John Snow removes the handle from the pump in Broad Street, Soho, during London’s outbreak of cholera.
1872

The Public Health Act 1872 is introduced and makes the appointment of medical officers compulsory in urban areas.
1875

The Public Health Act 1875 establishes a coherent administrative machinery to deal with issues of health and sanitation locally. Local authorities are required to provide water, drainage and sewerage services.
1883

The Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors is founded.
1884

Edwin Chadwick is appointed as the first President of the Association.
1886

The Association’s first provincial meeting is held in Birmingham.
1888

Following a Special Meeting of the Association in July, the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors became the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors of Great Britain.
1891

The Association’s Certificate of Incorporation is granted by the Board of Trade, and its name is shortened to the Sanitary Inspectors Association.
1895

The professional journal of the Sanitary Inspectors Association, the Sanitary Inspector’s Journal, is published.
1899

The Sanitary Inspectors’ Examination Board is incorporated.
1901

The Women Sanitary Inspectors Association is formed.
1919

The Ministry of Health is established.
1926

Formation of the Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors Examination Joint Board.
1953

Report of the Working Party on the Recruitment, Training and Qualification of Sanitary Inspectors is published.
1956

Sanitary Inspectors (Change of Designation) Act – changed designation from ‘sanitary inspector’ to ‘public health inspector’.
1957

Following the change in designation granted by the Act of Parliament in August 1956, the members of the Sanitary Inspectors Association voted at an extraordinary general meeting on 11 January 1957 to change the name of the Association to The Association of Public Health Inspectors (APHI).
1965

First Annual Report on Environmental Health published by the Association.
1975

The APHI became the Environmental Health Officers Association (EHOA).
1981

The EHOA became the Institution of Environmental Health Officers (IEHO).
1984

The IEHO is granted a Royal Charter by Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.
1990

The Environmental Protection Act is introduced.
1994

The IEHO was given consent by the Crown and the Privy Council to change its name to the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH).
2003

CIEH issues its first Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner award.
2019

The UK left the EU.
2020

The Environment Bill is introduced.