Government Flashcards
1
Q
Mayor of Coventry
Medieval
A
1421 he proclaimed every man must clean the street in front of their home or be fined 12 penny’s
Waste collection sold to farmers
All toilets were banned from rivers
2
Q
Black Death
Medieval
A
King ordered all filth must be cleaned from streets
3
Q
Smallpox
Early modern
A
Jenner was awarded £10,000 in 1802 for his work and then a further £20,000
4
Q
The nhs
20th century
A
Since 1948 government set up the NHS and made seeing gps free
Increasing life expectancy from 66-83 for women and 64-79 for men
5
Q
Post World War Two
20th century
A
Government passed clean air acts because 12,000 people died from killed smog in 1952
