health in towns ( medieval era )

Question 1

homes were made from wood and many people often lived in 1 house, what issues rose because of this?

Answer 1

overcrowding and fires

Question 2

alot of towns didn’t have access to clean water supply or sewage system, what happened because of this?

Answer 2

waste was chucked into street or river

Question 3

butchers, tanners and dyers threw ____ _____ into rivers and residential streets?

Answer 3

butchers, tanners and dyers threw toxic waste into rivers and residential streets

Question 4

where did people have to get water from, and why was this a bad thing?

Answer 4

people had to get water from rivers and wells, which were contaminated

Question 5

in 13th century, a water channel called great conduit was made, why was this made?

Answer 5

to clean water in london as the thames was too toxic

Question 6

what did york and london ban people from doing?

Answer 6

york and london banned people from dumping waste, eventually london banned people from dumping waste into the thames

Question 7

what did many towns, like york order toxic business to do?

Answer 7

many towns, like york ordered toxic businesses to move outside city walls

Question 8

how did people react as a result to these new laws by goverrnment?

Answer 8

people broke these laws and officials struggled to enforce them