New Approaches to Prevention of Disease

Question 1

what were the main 2 ways the government played a larger role in the prevention of disease

Answer 1

• reducing conditions that fostered disease
• public health acts

Question 2

why could Pasteur find that de could not develop a vaccine using Jenner’s method

Answer 2

• Jenner’s work had been result of observations + experiments
• Pasteur realised vaccines could only be developed on the germ that caused specific disease was identifies

Question 3

which disease was Pasteur’s first effort at a vaccine on

Answer 3

1870s - chicken cholera

Question 4

what did Pasteur prove

Answer 4

that a weakened version of a disease-causing microbe could be used to create immunity from that disease

Question 5

what did Pasteur create vaccines for

Answer 5

Anthrax + Chicken Cholera for animals
Rabies for humans

Question 6

who work was essential for the development of vaccines and why

Answer 6

Koch
- identifying specific microbes responsible for disease
- established a firmer scientific basis for developing vaccines

Question 7

who else developed vaccines (with help of (Kochs influence) and which year

Answer 7

1890 , Emil von Behring

Question 8

what diseases did Emil von Behring find vaccines for

Answer 8

Diphtheria, Tetanus

Question 9

by 1900 what were scientists all over the world doing and why was this important

Answer 9

• isolating microbes + developing vaccines (thanks to Pasteur + Koch)
• significant breakthrough in prevention of disease

Question 10

when was the Public Health Act

Answer 10

1875

Question 11

Before the 1800s, what attitude did the British government have towards the conditions of cities / living conditions

Answer 11

Laissez-faire - not their responsibility

Question 12

when did the governments attitude start to change

Answer 12

by 1800 /the 19th century

Question 13

why did the governments attitude start to change

Answer 13

• Expanded votes: more men had voice in government, including the working class (most affected by public health issues) –> passed laws that appealed to masses –> so in favour for power in the future
• Epidemics: Cholera –> increasing scientific evidence (John Snow) that diseases caused by poor living conditions –> affected all

Question 14

give 5 aspects of the Public Health Act 1875

Answer 14

• clean water supply
• disposing sewage - prevent drinking + washing water pollution
• public toilets
• new houses of better quality - stop damp + overcrowding
• public parks - exercising