History medicine: living conditions

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  • medieval England: living conditions
    • Towns
      • most towns were small, houses made of wood and were crammed together
      • didn't have clean water supplies or sewerage systems: waste chucked into the street or into rivers
      • business and homes were not separated, people had to get drinking water from the contaminatedriver
      • government ordered town authorities to keep streets free of waste
    • monastries
      • monastries had clean water than towns
        • good systems for getting rid of waste and sewage
        • monks had access to books on healing
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      • monastries were wealthy, could afford to build things to keep clean
      • towns relied on wealthy individuals
      • monastry population were small
      • monastry population was small, had power to enforce rules abound cleanliness and water disposal

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