HISTORY GCSE PUBLIC HEALTH 2019

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Cultural, social and economic change (1)
Alcohol was a public health issue in our period. Gin was cheap and easy to access 1751 gin act- tried banning but failed 1757 bad harvest - rationed. Most people continued to work in the countryside but many left to seek work in towns.
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Cultural, social and economic change (2)
There was just enough food to feed the growing population and there were improvements in agriculture. New products came from india and America eg: slaves,spices and metal goods, Bristol was important for trading.
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responses to the great plague (1665)
Nobody understood it: Lack of understanding of germs, people continued to believe that it was a punishment from God or casued by Miasma (bad air). Impact: killed 10% of a people in a community in less than a year, the poorest towns suffered most
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responses to the great plague (2)
symptoms: blisters, temperature rise (40 degrees) this was followed by headaches, vomiting, great thirst and pain, bueboes ad bleeding under the skin Frequency: eight major outbreaks recorded between 1500-1670 more common in towns becuase of rats
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changing living conditions (food)
The well off ate alot of meat except on sunday when it was forbidden, no one ate fruit because they beleived it would give you wind, new products were bought over
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changing living conditions (water)
rich found it easier to keep clean, they had pipes connected to their houses with fresh wate. They thought that water could infect them throguh the pores of the skin
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changing living conditions (waste)
Towns were growing quickly the streets wrre shared with animals and rats, these were common which spread disease. Human waste gor worse, rakers collected the rubbish once or twice a week
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changing living conditions (housing)
Houses were still poor quality and poorly built so many people suffered from respitory diseases mostly in the towns. Coal was unpopular because it gave off a bad smell when burned (they thought that was a cause of the miasma so stopped burning it)
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National government (1500 - 1578)
1500: no government intervention 1518: royail proclamation by Henry VIII - iswolation for the sick 'pesthouses' were introduced 1578:Elizabeth I introduced plague orders which improved public health
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National government (1604)
1604: parliament passed a new law for plague orders to be used to help the sick. A plague victim found talking to healthy people could be hanged. Cats and dogs were killed
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