Modern public health (which is sanitation essentially) was rolled out across the UK much earlier than anywhere else. It is perhaps a mark of public health's in

Modern public health (which is sanitation essentially) was rolled out across the UK much earlier than anywhere else. It is perhaps a mark of public health's incredible success that both replies think I was talking about the NHS. Also, Bismarck invented the modern industrial state long before anyone else had realized this stuff was important.