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The Trigger for Public Health Action? (Cholera, Chadwick and Snow)
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- 1Why was Cholera so frightening?- It could kill within a day
-No one knew the source or how to cure it
-It spread so quickly thousands could die within weeks - 2What were the different methods of treating Cholera that people used?- Burning clothes and bedding of dead person
- Praying
- Cleaning the house and scattering chloride of lime around (whitewash)
- Smoking Cigars
-Lucky Charms
- Burning Barrels of tar or vinegar to create smoke (to battle miasmas)
-making 'special mixtures' to cure all ills - 3What did Edwin Chadwick do?- Published a survey on the housing conditions of towns
-Suggested it would be cheaper to improve houses n sanitation than pay to look after sick people in workhouses
-Also suggested: clean water and removal of waste and rubbish - 4Why didn't people listen to Chadwick?- Belief that government shouldn't interfere in ordinary lives or business
- Water companies thought it would reduce their profits
- Middle-Class people didnt want to pay for better living conditions for the poor who couldn't pay for it themselves - 5What led to the Government trying out some of Chadwick's Ideas?The 1848 Cholera epidemic
- 6What did John Snow do?Cholera Outbreak in 1854
-Investigated the theory that cholera was spread through infected water
-Marked on a map all deaths in an area + the majority were around a certain pump on Broad street
-Removed pump's handle = death rates fell dramatically in that area
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- GCSE History (MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH c50AD TO THE PRESENT) Flashcards on The Trigger for Public Health Action? (Cholera, Chadwick and Snow), created by blue belle on 23/04/2016.
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