11-20 Flashcards
1
Q
What causes cholera?
A
Drinking dirty water contaminated by human waste
2
Q
What we’re the 3 biggest problems in industrialised towns?
A
Overcrowding, pollution, lack of water
3
Q
Name 2 things that trading with other parts of the British Empire brought to Britain?
A
New food, new animals
4
Q
What did the Temperance movement want to ban?
A
Alchohol
5
Q
What did Louis Pasteur discover in 1861?
A
Germs
6
Q
What does laissez-faire mean?
A
‘Let it be’ or it is best not to interfere with people’s lives
7
Q
What is Edwin Chadwick famous for?
A
1848 Public Health Act
8
Q
What diseas is John Snow linked to?
A
Cholera
9
Q
What did John Snow break?
A
A water-pump handle
10
Q
Why did Parliament close in 1858?
A
‘The great stink’
