People Health diseases Flashcards
When was the Black Death?
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Types of Black Plague
-Bubonic Plague
-Septicaemic Plague
-Pneumonic Plague
Beliefs about the cause of the Black death
God punishing them for sin
Unusual movement in the planets and stars
Miasma
4 humors
Treatments for the Black Death
Toads and chickens
Blood letting Trepanning
Rubbing chamomile lotion on bubos
Protect themselves against the Black Death
Pure Air (burning rosemary and tar)
Church and prayer
Move to the countryside
Blame Jewish people
Flagallents
Beliefs about the cause of the plague
Miasma
Punishment from god
Plague Orders
Quarantine
Carry a white stick
Recorded the spread of diseases
Financial aid for the affected
Burning victims clothes and bedding
Special prayers
Harsh punishments for those who broke quarantine
Local Government Reactions
Yarmouth banned pigs roaming the streets
Eyam village quarantined itself
Cambridge only allowed visitors if they had a certificate of health
Many towns kept detailed records of death
Protect themselves against the Plague
Prayed
Ran to the countryside
Plague doctors used sweet smelling flowers
Avoided the sick
Helped the infected
Beliefs about cholera
Believed in miasma
Church said that cholera was sent by god
Edwin Chadwick wrote about the public health crisis
John snow proved it was spread by water in 1854
National Government responses to the Cholera
Central Board of Health
National day of fasting and prayer
Public Health Act 1848 set up the General Board of Health
Laisses Faire Attitude
Sanitary Act 1866 held councils responsible for sewers and water supplies
Who was Edwin Chadwick?
Made a report on the Public Health Crisis
Who was John snow?
Proved Cholera was spread by water
Created a map for the cholera outbreaks
Removed a pump from a water pump
Local Government Responses to Cholera
Burnt tar
Quarantined victims
separate graveyards and hospitals
laissez fairs
Bazalgettes sewage systems
Who was bazalgette?
Created the sewage system
