Public Health 1250-1500

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  • Public Health 1250-1500
    • Living Conditions
      • Towns
        • over population
        • people lived close together
        • houses were often draughty and damp
      • Countryside
        • some lived in mud huts others wooden houses
        • in the garden there was usually a rubbish tip
        • Shared houses with animals
      • sharing beds was common
    • Food & Famine
      • Peasants
        • needed a successful harvest to have enough food
        • great famine 1315-1316 caused huge problems
        • more bad harvests until 1322
          • 10% of the population died
        • ergotism
          • fungus on rye bread
          • rich didn't get it because their bread was made from wheat
            • The Rich
              • had lots of food
                • didn't die of starvation
              • diet high in protein
        • villagers caught fish from the stream
        • hunger weakened peoples resistance to disease
        • Small beer was safer to drink than water
      • The Rich
        • had lots of food
          • didn't die of starvation
        • diet high in protein
      • Food didnt stay fresh for long
        • high chances of food poisining
    • Waste
      • waste was left outside peoples houses
      • scavengers collected rubbish and sold it
      • Dunghills found outside towns
      • waste thrown in river or on the street
      • cesspits
    • The Church
      • People thought God had sent the black death
        • People prayed more
      • Had clean running water
      • Had wash houses
      • had drains and pipes
      • looked after the poor and the sick
        • grew herbs in gardens to help the sick
      • Had money
        • could maintain their facilities
      • Had toilets
        • built over running water so waste could be washed away
        • had systems that separated sewage and drinking water
      • Monks could read
        • read books on why hygiene was important
        • understood the importance of a healthy lifestyle
        • tried to copy medical texts
      • Slowed progress by forbidding dissection
      • Funded hospitals
    • Impact&responses black death
      • King Edward III wrote a letter to the mayor of London
        • Told him to get the black death under control
      • Priests scared to visit the sick
        • ran away
      • People forced onto the streets if they showed signs of sickness
      • Mayor of London extended pipes that supplies fresh spring water
      • Wardens appointed to check Londons streets and the banks of the Thames were clear of filth and dunghills
      • Gongfarmers cleaned cesspits

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