Sanitary Institute, Royal Sanitary Institute and Royal Society of Health

Timeline:

1875 - Public Health Act

July 1876 - Dr. John Charles Lory Marsh puts an advert in The Lancet, calling for like-minded reformers to join him in creating a body capable of providing a unified perspective on health, leading to the formation of the Sanitary Institute.

1877 - Examinations for Inspectors of Nuisance and Medical Officers of Health start

1882 - Queen Victoria becomes patron

1883 - Move to Margaret Street. The Parkes Museum of Hygiene is housed in the same building

First series of lectures held, in conjunction with the Parkes Museum

1888 - The Sanitary Institute and the Parkes Museum merge

1894 - The Journal of the Sanitary Institute commences publication

1899 - Examination in Hygiene for School Teachers begin

1901 - Examinations extended to Overseas Dominions and Colonies

1903 - Eight lectures and four demonstrations on Meat and Food Inspection held at Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield

1904 - King Edward VII grants permission for the Sanitary Institute to use the prefix "Royal"

First Special Course of Practical Training in Food and Meat Inspection for Commissioned Army Officers held

1916 - Supplementary examinations for Child Welfare Workers introduced

1922 - Lectures on Tropical Hygiene in relation to the Public Health Services

1925 - Ministry of Health requests that the Royal Sanitary Institute become sole Central Examining Body for the examination of Health Visitors

1926 - Jubilee Congess held in London

Examinations for Sanitary Inspectors begin

1955 - Name changes to Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, with Royal Society of Health also being used

1986 - Queen Elizabeth II opens new headquarters in Pimlico

2008 - Merger of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health and The Royal Institute for Public Health and Hygiene