1700-1900 cholera In London(1854) Flashcards
When was the cholera epidemic which London Doctor, John snow discovered cholera ?
1854
What did most people,including governments believe caused cholera ? (2 things)
Miasma and spontaneous generation
Since people believed miasma caused disease, how did they try treatment?
Keeping streets clean
What health act did John snows discovery directly impact?
Public health act
How was the public health act affected by John snow (what type of cleanliness did they suggest should be provided by cities?)
Clean water supplies
What was a down side to the public health act of 1848, which was impacted by snows discovery? (That meant very few followed it)
It was not compulsory
By what nickname was cholera known as?
The blue death
Why was cholera known as the “blue death”
Dehydration turned skin blue
What class of people would cholera affect the worst (while others would also be affected but less so)
Poorest/ slum areas
Within the early 19th century there was no treatment for cholera, which meant most who caught it would what?
Die
What was the name of the popular and well respected doctor in London?
John Snow
What epidemic did John snow observe in 1845?
Cholera epidemic
What was the theory John snow was working on while observing the cholera epidemic?
Cholera spread through contamination of drinking water
When cholera broke out in 1854 in Soho where snow lived, what did he do with the deaths to draw a link?
Mapped them out
Snow mapping out the deaths of cholera in Soho where he lived led him to draw a strong link to what on Broad street?
A water pump
What would snow do upon finding the link between the deaths and the water pump as a way to stop people collecting water from it?
Removed the handle
Once snow removed the handle of what water pump, the what happened to the death rate?
Decreased dramatically
Since Snow took of the water pumps handle, this prevented many what in Soho?
Deaths
Due to a lack of what, many did not believe Snows theory?
Scientific evidence
Additionally, a certain theory would not emerge until 1861, adding to the lack of belief of Snows theory. What was that theory called?
Germ theory
Due to snows lack of evidence, who wouldn’t act on snows recommendation to build a sewer system for London?
The government
Eventually, Long term, snows evidence helped the building of what within London in 1875?
London sewage system
What public health act was improved by snows link between dirty water and disease, as authorities were forced to provide clean water
Public health act of 1875
