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
- Towns
- 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
- had lots of food
- The Rich
- 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
- had lots of food
- Food didnt stay fresh for long
- high chances of food poisining
- Peasants
- 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
- People thought God had sent the black death
- 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
- King Edward III wrote a letter to the mayor of London
- Living Conditions
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