factors-government

Question 1

medieval

what did the mayor of coventry say in 1421

Answer 1

everyone had to clean street in front of house or 12p fine

Question 2

medieval

how was coventry cleaned up

Answer 2

waste collections sold to farmers
waste disposal locations and dunghills
toilets and waste banned from rivers to allow clean water

Question 3

medieval

what did the king order during the black death

Answer 3

cleaning all filth from streets

didnt know why but had effect of reducing rats which carried the fleas

Question 4

early modern
how much did the gov award edward jenner in 1802 and 1807 after royal colledge of physicians confirmed how effective it was

Answer 4

1802- £10,000

1807- £20,000

Question 5

early modern

what did the government do to help during the great plague

Answer 5

• banned public entertainment
• no strangers allowed in town without certificate of health
• cats and dogs killed

Question 6

19th century

when was the public health act, and what was it about

Answer 6

1848

water supplies and sewage

Question 7

19th century

what did the government do in 1858

Answer 7

turned to bazalgette to build 83 miles of sewers in london removing 420 million gallons of sewage per day

Question 8

19th century

when was the sanitary act, and what was it

Answer 8

1866

local government responsible for sewers, water and street cleaning

Question 9

20th century

when were the liberal reforms introduced

Answer 9

1906

Question 10

20th century

what were the liberal reforms

Answer 10

for pension, free school meals, the childrens act, national insurance and labour exchanges

Question 11

20th century

which governments payed for huge quantities of penecillin in WW2

Answer 11

US and gb

Question 12

20th century

how many people were treated with penecillin in WW2, and how many otherwie would have died

Answer 12

250,000

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