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Mindmap von Greta Westwood, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Public Health 1350-Present
- Important People
- John Snow
- Noticed lots of deaths near
one pump (bad water)
- Noticed less deaths (from
cholera where people drunk beer
- Cholera caused by dirty water
- Not miasma
- Not miasma
- Noticed lots of deaths near
one pump (bad water)
- Edwin Chadwick
- govt. Should provide clean water +
remove sewage and rubbish
- LAISSEZ- FAIRE--govt. shouldn't interfere with ordinary lives and business
- Dirty party protested
- Dirty party protested
- Middle classes didn't want to give money to poor
- Water companies objected as they thought
it would reduce their profits
- critized
- LAISSEZ- FAIRE--govt. shouldn't interfere with ordinary lives and business
- In 1842 he published the results of his
survey of housing conditions in town
called "the sanitary conditions of the
Labouring party"
- Rather than paying for sick people in workhouses to be
supported
- Thought it was cheaper if local taxes were used to improve housing + hygeine
- Thought it was cheaper if local taxes were used to improve housing + hygeine
- Rather than paying for sick people in workhouses to be
supported
- govt. Should provide clean water +
remove sewage and rubbish
- John Snow
- Why govt. took notice
of water
- govt. collected statistics on births, marriages and
deaths; William Farr studied these + saw death rates
were higher in towns/cities than in villiages
- Snow proved link between Cholera + dirty water
- Pasteur's germ theory showed how disease
spread + why hygiene is important
- govt. collected statistics on births, marriages and
deaths; William Farr studied these + saw death rates
were higher in towns/cities than in villiages
- The Great Stink
- 1858
- Very hot. Thames was low - Exposed sewage stunk
badly!
- Parliament couldn't stand it - so persuaded Metropoliton Board of Works to put forward ideas of
Joseph Bazalgette
- Built new sewer system in London. Took 7 years.
- By 1865, London had 1,300 miles of sewers.
- By 1865, London had 1,300 miles of sewers.
- Built new sewer system in London. Took 7 years.
- Parliament couldn't stand it - so persuaded Metropoliton Board of Works to put forward ideas of
Joseph Bazalgette
- 1858
- 1350-1750
- Problems faced
- Indoors people used chamber pots
and poured waste on streets/drains
- People couldn't afford a water closet
to wash away the sewage
- Government didn't want to pay to
remove waste off the streets
- Health risks- as sanitation was bad
- especially when sewers overflowed into rivers.
- especially when sewers overflowed into rivers.
- Indoors people used chamber pots
and poured waste on streets/drains
- What public health measures
already in place
- Some richer people have own latrines which ran into cesspit.
- Have to pay to have
cesspits emptied
- Some local
authorities paid for
piped water supplies
and sewer systems
- Some medieval's kept streets clean to stop disease
- Some towns had public latrines (toilets)
- Some towns had public baths (stews)
where people bathed together in big
wooden tubs
- It is the law to keep streets clean - or else fined.
- Some richer people have own latrines which ran into cesspit.
- Was there much
improvement?
- govt. didn't get involved as not very wealthy
- As more wealthy made improvements
- As more wealthy made improvements
- Some big cities in the UK started to care more about water + started to improve it
- Not really but it was a start
- govt. didn't get involved as not very wealthy
- Problems faced
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