Flozza - the sanitary commission

Question 1

When was there a change in PM & how did it affect flozza?

Answer 1

1855 - change in PM
= F lost her friend & ally Sidney Herbert
BUT
new PM Palmerston also a supporter

Question 2

What did the new war minister 1855 order?

Answer 2

a Sanitary Commission to the Crimea
- began work March 1855
- shock expressed at conditions at Scutari

Question 3

What did the Sanitary Commission change in the Scutari hospital?

Answer 3

clean up ordered:
- rubbish cleared
- walls whitewashed
- dead animals removed
(previously ppl hadn’t understood how sickness spread, incl. Flozza - miasma theory)

= morality rates in hospitals fell

Question 4

How did Flozza respond to the commission?

Answer 4

Nightingale welcomed commission + worked hard to provide medicine & supplies e.g. hot water bottles + welcomed London chef to ensure patients fed well