Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Great Plague of London -
By: Zara and Giulia
- Causes
- The fleas bit the
gerblils infecting them
- The gerbils traveled to different places
infecting the other animals, allowing these
animals to pass on the disease
- The animals would
bite the humans
and therefore pass
on the disease in
which they were
carrying
- The disease would spread usually
by contact so if an animal was
infected and made contact with a
human they would catch the disease
- London at the
time was very
dirty at the time
- This was a perfect
home for the
existing gerbils
but it was also
attracting other
rats.
- The human would then spread
it by coughing or touching
- Not only gerbils were attracted to
this kind of place however the
fleas were also attracted and most of
them were carrying the virus.
- The fly's would then
touch the humans and
infect them
- England's Reactions
- Clothing
- Doctors or some of the rich
would wear long dresses to stop
the infection getting to them and
to prevent making contact or
being bitten by a mosquito. They
would also wear a beak to
prevent catching the virus, and
they would cover their head for
the same reason. Some doctors
would have a stick to hit the
patient as they believed it would
send the plague away.
- Some doctors would have a stick
to hit the patient as they believed
it would send the plague away.
- England stop
importing and
exporting goods
with any countries
as they were
scared they could
infect the world
- Whoever caught the plague would be locked
in their house with their family and made to
starve
- Across the door a red cross would be painted
as a warning to the public
- Impacts
- Symptons
- Swellings under armpits and
groins
- Swelling spread enlarge to the
size of an apple or egg
- Black or red spots appear
- Pain all over the body and a rash
- Patient feels tired and has difficulties
to sleep
- physical appearance changes
and patient slowly dies
- 15% of the population died
- It killed over 100,000 people