Health and housing /changing Britain

Question 1

Improvements to health

Answer 1

Immunisations and vaccines
Anaesthetic
Antiseptics
Fresh food
Improvements to working conditions
Cleaner/fresher water

Question 2

Disease in towns and cities

Answer 2

• Impact of Cholera – dehydration and discolouration of skin.
• Spread of cholera due to dirty water.
• Other diseases such as TB, Typhus, Smallpox.
• Poor living conditions/Poor ventilation meant disease could spread easier

Question 3

Improvements to living conditions

Answer 3

• Regular refuse collection (bins) meant waster was out of the street and didn’t lead to rats and disease.
• Street lighting, safer for people to be out and about.
• Gas/electricity brought to homes this would lead to better quality of
  homes, heating, cooking etc.
• Public baths were introduced – better hygiene.