History Of Medicine - Public Health And Welfare KQ6 Flashcards
Briefly describe the state of public health and welfare during the medieval period
Mortality rates were higher in towns than countryside as people lived closer together, alongside their animals and filth
Name some attempts to improve public health in the medieval period?
- Town began yo provide public latrines. By the 15 th century London had over a dozen
- muck rakers were employed to clean the streets
Towns introduced quarantine laws to combat the plague, boarding up houses of infected people
Welsh example of public health laws medieval period
Kenfig ordinances from 1330
Butchers were not allowed to slaughter animals or dump offal in the street
Residents had to keep the pavements in front of their houses clean
Why was health so bad in the early modern period?
By 1750 more and more people were living in towns
The increase in people caused towns to become even more filthy and unsanitary.
Germs hadn’t been discovered and government priority was on war not on public health
Why were houses poor quality, early modern period
Built quickly because of growing population
What were the attempts to improve publish health in the 16th century?
Henry VII passed a law forbidding slaughter houses in cities or towns
Henry VIII passed an Act Of parliament giving towns and cities the power to impose tax in order to build sewers
How did the Great Fire Of London improve public health and welfare?
After 1666, an Act Of Parliament was passed to make streets wider and insisting houses were built of tiles or slate roofs.
What forced the government to investigate living conditions in the 1800?
Serious outbreaks of cholera in 1832 and 1849.
What did Edwin Chadwick do in the 1800s?
1839
He was asked to lead a royal commission into living conditions for working people.
1842 he published his report on sanitary conditions but the public was not ready to act.
Why did the Industrial Revolution negatively impact public health?
People wanted to move closer to factory’s and work. London population grew to 2.5 million people by 1850. Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds could not cope with massive influx of people and slum areas appeared
Why didn’t the 1848 public health act improve public health and welfare?
It did not force local authorities to do anything.
What city was the exception to awful health in the medieval period?
Coventry
Everyman had to clean outside his house
Why did health slightly improve during the early modern period?
People started to make the connection between dirt and disease
What was the average age of death in Manchester during the industrial period?
17
Welsh examples industrial period
New reservoirs built in Wales to meet increased demand of clean water
