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when did Koch study anthrax?
From 1875-78
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When did Koch find the bacterium for tuberculosis?
1882
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What was Koch most famous for?
finding the bacterium for anthrax.
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when did koch find the bacterium for cholera?
1883
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who was edwin chadwick?
secretary to the commissioner in overall charge of the workhouses.
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what was chadwin's book called?
The sanitary conditions of the labouring population
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what did jon snow do?
discovered cholera was a water borne disease.
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How did snow explain deaths in broad st.?
connecting it to the water pump
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Why were there no deaths in the brewery?
they only drank ale.
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When was the nightingale school for nurses established?
1860
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when and where was the training school for midwives set up
1861, Kings College Hospital
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who was Bazalgette?
Engineer, head of the metropolitan body of works.
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When and why did parliament agree to Bazalgette's sewers?
1858, due to the great stink.
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What impact did the sewers have?
Wipeout of cholera, and improvements in public health
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Jenner and the royal society??
1798, royal society refused to publish Jenner's work
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What helped Jenner?
1802, Jennerian society set up to promote his work.
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12000 ppl vaccinated?
1804
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1840?
government paid for vaccinations
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1853?
Smallpox vaccination became compulsory.
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1979?
WHO confirmed that smallpox had been completely wiped out Whe
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when did romans leave britain?
410 AD
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