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2. What prompted the act?

  • A cholera outbreak
  • The governments attitude
  • A public vote
  • Rising death rate

3. What did the government think should be done?

  • They began to appoint a general board of health
  • They didn't care
  • Nothing, since they had a Laissez-faire attitude
  • They began to look into it

4. Who was Edwin Chadwick?

  • Built pumps in Britain
  • Published a report on health in Britain
  • Published a report on the poor in Britain
  • Published a report on pumps in Britain

5. Which pump did Snow discover was linked to a Cholera outbreak?

  • Broad Street Pump
  • Snow Street Pump
  • Broad Road Pump
  • Snow Road Pump

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