Industrial Flashcards
What year did cholera hit England?
1831
In what year was the smallpox vaccination developed?
1798
What method of preventing disease did the vaccination improve upon?
Innoculation
What disease did Jenner inject James Phipp with to prevent small pox?
Cow pox
How many more experiments did he carry out?
23
Give 2 reasons he faced opposition
- He couldnt explain
- Doctors were making money from innoculation
What year did the government make the vaccination compulsary?
1852
What theory did the GT prove wrong in 1861?
Miasma/Spontaneous generation
What job did Pasteur do and in which country?
He was a French chemist
In what year did Koch prove the specific germs cause specific diseases
1876
Name 3 germs he discovered
Anthrax,TB,Cholera
Name 3 vaccines that Pasteur develops
Chicken cholera,anthrax,rabies
In what year did Nightingale go to the Crimea?
1854
What changes did she make to the wards in the Crimea?
Ventilation, made it hygienic, care, sanitation
What 2 books did she write?
‘Notes on nursing’ & ‘Notes on hospitals’
What attitude did the government have in this period?
They didn’t care until the great stink effected them
Who wrote the report on the sanitary conditions of the labouring classes
Chadwick
When was the 1st public health act and what was wrong with it?
In 1848 and it wasnt compulsary
What did the 1st public health act reccomend?
Local board of health, cleaning streets
Who discovered what was causing cholera and what year?
Snow in 1854
Who built London’s sewer systems?
Bazzalgatte
When was the great stink?
1858
In what years were some working men allowed to vote?
1867
When was the 2nd Public Health Act made and how was it different?
1875 and it was compulsary
