Study case of Lincoln-Mind Map- 19th century
Mind map on Lincoln 1904-05 typhoid
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- Created on: 16-02-17 16:31
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- Lincoln outbreak of typhoid, 1904
- Industrial town
- Rapidly growing population
- 1901-over 50,000 people
- only 'necessities' were cared for
- bad sanitation and healthcare
- new factories and workplaces arose
- Rapidly growing population
- Hazards for Lincoln
- ratepayers wanting to save money
- water from
- River Witham
- local streams
- disused gravel pits
- some had own wellls
- local springs
- medieval conduits
- raw sewage entering river 30 miles upstream
- 'second rate, but acceptable water'
- Sanitary Inspector dead
- horse blankets for sick
- treating sick at home
- Course of disease
- late December 1904-typhoid outbreak
- 2 January, 1905-another outbreak
- 4 February 1905-408 cases & 23 dead
- 17 February 1905- Inspector died
- 23 February 1905- 732 cases, 61 deaths
- March 1905- 931 cases, 102 deaths
- Undertaken actions
- March 1905-water from Nottinghamshire which cost 200K pounds
- October 1911
- new reservoir Bracebridge
- pumping station-Elkesley
- new water main
- Distress Fund
- Drill Hall-Emergency Hospital
- Industrial town
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