Medieval Public Health 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryBritain and the Industrial RevolutionGCSEAQA Created by: haylsCreated on: 01-12-17 12:15 What did people think caused disease? Contaminated air | Miasma 1 of 21 How did towns improve public health? Hiring gongfermers 2 of 21 What were gongfermers? someone who dug out and removed human excrement from privies and cesspits 3 of 21 What were cesspits? where waste and sewage was put 4 of 21 What is urbanisation? The rapid growth of towns and cities 5 of 21 What is pottage? A thick, vegetable soup. 6 of 21 What impact did the Black Death have on England? Killed 1/3 of the population ad scared people into improving public health 7 of 21 How did people respond to the Black Death Threw people that seemed ill out on the streets and trapped themselves indoors. 8 of 21 What was the Black Death? A contagious disease that came in three forms. 9 of 21 What were the three forms of the plague Bubonic, Pneumonic and Septicemic 10 of 21 Cuases and Symptoms of the Septicemic Plague? Flea bites. Fever and chills, weakness, blackening of fingers, toes and nose. Flu-like symptoms 11 of 21 Symptoms of the Bubonic Plague and how was it caught? Flea bites. painful and large buboes, flu like symptoms 12 of 21 Symptoms of the Pneumonic Plague and how it was caught? Caught through breathing in infected person's cough droplets. Coughing (often containing blood) fever, weakness (flu-like symptoms again). 13 of 21 What was life like in the towns? Towns were disgusting, overcrowded and contamination due to waste on the streets. 14 of 21 What was life like in the countryside? In the countryside, they relied on harvest which was often diseased. The Great Famine. 15 of 21 What was life like for the rich? The rich could afford nutritious food from the market and could have piped water in their homes. 16 of 21 Issues in London? Dung, rats, crowded streets, germs, disease. 17 of 21 What did self government mean for London? Drew more people to London. Population grew by 500% in two centuries. 18 of 21 Conditions of London's streets? Dirty, smelly and crowded. 19 of 21 Plagues impact on London? Killed and terrified thousands and thousands of people. Claimed lives of 50,000 people. 20 of 21 Medieval jobs and impact on public health Muckrakers decreased amount of waste on streets. Fishmongers and butchers disposed rotten waste on streets 21 of 21
‘Roman public health systems were better than those in the Middle Ages.’How far do you agree with this statement? 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating
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