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1
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What happened to religion during this era?

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Reduced

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2
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Did people still believe in miasma?

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Yes

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3
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What were the years of cholera outbreaks?

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1831
1848
1853

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4
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What changes happened to power during this time?

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The vote was extended

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5
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How did technology change?

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Steam engines and factories

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6
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Define industrialisation

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The building of factories
eg Cotton Mills

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What was the impact of industrialisation?

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Smoke over towns
People worked very long hours

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What was the impact of the British Empire on health?

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Foreign diseases
New medical ideas

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What was the impact of railways on health?

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People became less active

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Why did religion decrease ?

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It was challenged by scientists like Charles Darwin

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What was the impact of Louis Pasteur’s discorery?

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It showed that germs caused illness

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12
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When did Louis Pasteur discover germ theory

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1861

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13
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What were living conditions like?

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Towns grew quickly
Houses were of poor quality

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14
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What was the impact of poor housing?

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Lung problems from poor ventilation
Damp led to issues
Disease spread quickly due to cramped conditions

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15
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What was diet like in towns?

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Food had been adultered
eg Chalk in milk
People couldn’t afford good food

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16
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Where did water come from?

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Water pumps worked for a few hours every day
Collected rainwater that had fallen through polluted air

17
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Where did waste go?

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Cell pools were collected and sold to farmers

18
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Why were water closets negative?

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Sewers ran into where ‘fresh’ water was collected

19
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What were the symptoms of Cholera?

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Severe vomiting
Diarrhoea

20
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Who recorded cholera on a map in Leeds?

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Robert Baker

21
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What was the impact of Robert Baker’s discoveries?

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Poor living conditions caused illness

22
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How did local governments respond to Cholera?

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Removing waste from streets
Quarantine and cholera hospitals

23
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How did national government respond to cholera?

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Set up a board of health

24
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When was the National Board of Health set up?

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1832

25
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When did Edwin Chadwick publish his report?

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1842

26
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What did Chadwick’s report suggest?

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To nationally provide clean water and sewage removal
New egg-shaped sewers

27
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What did the 1848 Public Health Act do?

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Set up local boards of health
To provide clean water and sewers

28
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Why did the 1848 Public Health Act fail?

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It wasn’t compulsory

29
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What did John Snow do?

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Discover the link between dirty water and cholera

30
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How did John Snow make his discoveries?

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Tracked cholera deaths in Soho
Removed Broad Street Pump
Cholera deaths stopped

31
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When did John Snow make his discoveries?

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1854

32
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Why was the impact of John Snow limited?

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People still believed in miasma

33
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What was the impact of the Great Stink?

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Parliament needed to improve London’s waste problem

34
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When was the Great Stink?

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1858

35
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What did Joseph Bazelgette do?

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From 1858 set up sewer system taking waste out of London

36
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Why did the 1875 Public Health Act succeed?

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It forced towns to set up a local board of health

37
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What did the 1875 Public Health Act do?

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Take responsibility for waste removal
All new houses had to have piped water and sewers

38
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What did the Women’s Co-operative guild do for health?

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Fought for better maternity care
Free school meals for the poor

39
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How did Manchester show civic pride?

A

An aqueduct to provide clean water
New houses replaced slums

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