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what were living conditions like in the countryside (medieval)

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peasants had little to eat and lived off pottage
a fungus called ergot grew on rye causing disease
drinking water was from wells and streams shared by live stock
people dug cesspits to bury their waste

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what % of people lived in the countryside (medieval)

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90%

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what year was the great famine

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1315

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what % of people were killed in the 1315 famine

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10%

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what did the rich mainly eat? (medieval)

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meat and very few vegetables

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what did peasants live in (medieval)

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one room hovels with no chimney

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what was the medieval time period

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1250-1500

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what were living conditions like in towns (medieval)

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towns were smaller and crowded
some conduits brought water to town centre
market towns were polluted with waste
by 1500 most towns employed rakers to clear waste
town children suffered sinus problems due to bad air
houses shared a latrine which was emptied by gongfermers

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what year was the black death

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1348

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how many people did the black death kill

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40%

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what did medieval people think caused the black death

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punishment from god
miasma
touch
realignment of the planets

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what did the king order in 1349

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streets of London to be cleaned

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how did people ‘prevent’ the black death

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prayer
going to church
flagellants
burned scented wood
avoid baths
doctors ran away

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what attempts were made to improve public health by church and towns (medieval)

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monasteries built clean places
Bristol removed dung heaps
guilds to check quality of meat
fines for dumping waste into the Thames
king did not care

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what is the time period of the early modern

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1500-1750

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what were living conditions like in the countryside (early modern)

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farming methods become better
still famines
coal industry grew
towns doubled as people migrated towns

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what were the new products brought from America (early modern)

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potatoes
peppers
coffee
sugar

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what did the coal industries cause

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more respiratory illnesses

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what was living conditions like in towns (early modern)

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bigger
more stone houses
animals still roamed the streets
piped water into the homes of the rich
waste ended in dunghills

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where did poor people live in the early modern towns

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overcrowded hovels that were damp

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how did the poor get water in early modern towns

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water sellers
conduits

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what year was the great plague

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1665

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how many people did the great plague kill in london

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100 000

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what did the plague orders do

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closed theatres
cats and dogs killed
bodies collected on a night for mass graves

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how many plague orders were passed in 1578

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17

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25
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what stopped the gin craze

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1751 gin act
people deported to Australia
killed

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what did people do to improve public health

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towns passed more laws
York had to clean its streets twice a week
the centre of London was built more spaciously after the great fire of london

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what year was the great fire of london

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1666

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what was the time period for the industrial revolution

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1750-1900

29
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who had the first germ theory

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louis Pasteur

30
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problems with housing (industrial)

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towns grew rapidly
terrible overcrowding
limited fresh food
poison from food

31
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in Liverpool 1840 how many people lived in cellars

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40 000

32
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which diseases spread easily among people (industrial)

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typhus
TB

33
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what was the problem with water and waste

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water companies set up pumps in the street
biggest problem was caused by waste
middle class had flushing water that went into rivers

34
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what attitude did the government have (industrial)

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laissez-faire

35
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Responses to cholera outbreak

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terrified of symptoms
people attacked cholera hospital in Leeds
government called a day of prayer
towns burned barrels to get rid of miasma
slow scientific discoveries

36
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who discovered the cause of cholera

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john snow

37
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what did Chadwick’s report do

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created the first non compulsory public health act

38
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how did the great stink become ‘solved’

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Bazalgette built the london sewer system

39
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what year did working class men get the vote

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1867

40
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what did the 1875 public health act force people to do

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build sewers for clean water

41
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what was the time period of the modern period

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1900-now

42
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what was the housing act 1919

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made the council build council houses

43
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by 1975 what % of people lived in council houses

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42%

44
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what did WW2 rationing do

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improved diets for a few years

45
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how many houses were destroyed in WW2

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475 000

46
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what happened in 1956

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clean air act

47
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what is the problem with modern life style

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not active enough
leading to heart problems

48
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what was changed in a modern food

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fridges
food canned
fast food

49
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was there any problem with water after industrial period

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no due to the sewer system made by joseph basalguette

50
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what changed in waste in the modern period

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smoking was the only problem so they created the clean air act 1950s

51
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what was housing like in the modern period

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no more slums
council homes

52
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what were the governments campaigns in modern period

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smoking - lung cancer
lifestyle - obesity

53
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what caused obesity

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change in lifestyle
- cars
- fast food

54
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what were the medieval factors affecting health

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king was not bothered
no scientific understanding
no taxes

55
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what were the early modern factors affecting health

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reformation
plague orders made by Henry VIII and Elizabeth

56
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what were the industrial factors affecting health

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laissez-faire gov
scientific understanding
votes
germ theory
reformers calling for change

57
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what were the modern factors affecting health

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lifestyle
government
scientific understanding

58
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what years was the spanish flu

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1918-1919

59
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why did the government act so slow toward the spanish flu

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because of the war

60
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what did the chief medical officer do about the spanish flu

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he acted too slow
local authority made advice
-face covering
-isolation
-porridge
chief officer created a film but there wasn’t enough

61
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what is AIDs

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caused from sharing bodily fluids
HIV turns into AIDs

62
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what was the first phase of AIDs

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7 people die in the england
terrance higgins trust
caused by blood transfusions
media called it the gay plague

63
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what was the second phase of AIDs

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misinformation from gov
RCON - 1 million cases by 1991
OTT advice

64
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what was the third phase of AIDs

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1986
testing, needle exchanges, gov advice
princess diana hugs AIDs patients
shows its not caused through touch

65
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what was the fourth phase of AIDs

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acceptance - east enders
freddie mercury death
1995 only 25 000 cases

66
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what was the fifth phase of AIDs

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1996 - antiretrovirals
midlead - people thought it was a cure

67
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what did hippocrates do

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4 houmors
if unbalanced you become ill

68
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what did louis pasteur do

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germ theory
non compulsary public health act 1875

69
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what did john snow do

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establish what caused cholera
proven at soho water pump

70
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what did joseph basalguette do

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created the london sewers still used today
after the great stink in london

71
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what did edwin chadwick do

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he proposed that drains and sewers should be added
1748 public health act

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