Public Health in the Middle Ages.

Public Health in the Middle Ages.

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What kind of attitude to public health did the government have?
A laissez faire attitude.
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Who where towns run by?
The local council.
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Why was drinking water contaminated?
Sewage in the streets had run into the water.
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How easy to enforce were laws to stop rubbish on the streets?
Very Hard.
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When did public health become a concern?
When bubonic plague arrived in Britain in 1348.
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How was the plague spread?
Fleas on mice.
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When did the plague stop hitting Britain.
1665
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