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How many people lived in the countryside?

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90%

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Actions to prevent the back death

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  1. Flagellants whipping themselves
  2. Bloodletting
  3. King Edward wrote to the mayor (nothing happened)
  4. Priests urged people to ask for forgiveness
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What did the population grow to in 1750?

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6 million

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In EM, what percent of people could vote?

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3%

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How many years did the black plague always return after in EM

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Kept returning after 20 years

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The great plague

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1665: killed 15% of London’s population

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Henry VIII’s isolation laws

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1518: Henry VIII ordered sick houses to be isolated. Those leaving sick houses had to carry a white stick.

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Elizabeth’s plague orders

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1578: Elizabeth issued plague orders. These 17 rules included killing cats and dogs, shutting up infected houses, burning clothes of victims.

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The plague act

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1604: included harsh punishments for breaking isolation. Plague victims found outside could be hanged.

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York watchmen

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1550 York introduced watchmen to stop plague victims from entering the city

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Pest houses

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1600s many towns built pest houses to house the plague victims away fr the city.

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5 Gin acts

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1729, 1736, 1743, 1751

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What did the early gin acts try to do?

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Control gin consumption through taxes and licences but we’re extremely ineffective.

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Why was the 1751 gin act so successful?

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Introduced really harsh punishments for people selling gin. Included;
Whipping
Transportation to Austrailia

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What was used to power factories in the IR

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Steam engines

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Britains population skyrocketing in IR

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1850: 21 million
1900: 37 million

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Where did people move to during the IR

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Manchester and leeds

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Government “lax” policies

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Laissez-faire policies in IR

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19
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When did working men win the right to vote?

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1880

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20
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Who created germ theory?

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Louis pasteur

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21
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When did cholera arrive in England?

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1831

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Cholera epidemics in England

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1831, 1848, 1854, 1866

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1846 cholera bill

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Instructed residents to connect their homes too sewers in order to reduce miasma. This increased waste flows into rivers and then spread cholera even further.

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When did John snow prove that the water was contaminated?

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During the 1854 epidemic

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Bazalgette sewer system

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Following the great stink of 1858, parliament granted £3m to bazalgette to build 1300 miles across London.

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Housing during industrial Britain

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Crowded, slum housing

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What types of houses were common in industrial England

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Lodging houses, back-to-back

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Food in industrial Britain

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No tinned food
No refrigerators
Food often adulterated

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Water in industrial Britain

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  1. Water companies controlled water
  2. Often contaminated
  3. In poor streets, only one pump used
30
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Waste in industrial Britain

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Poor shared privies
Cesspits which contaminated water supplies
Most richer families had flushing toilets which contaminated rivers

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What attitude did the government usually have?

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Laissez-faire

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1848 Public Health Act

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Local authorities can set up sewers and clean water. Impact limited bc was not compulsory

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1875 Public Health Act

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FORCED local authorities to take responsibility for sewers

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Edwin Chadwick’s “pressure move”

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The sanitary condition of the labouring population 1842

35
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Working men winning the right to vote

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1880s- the government now had to listen to the public opinion

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Jobs in 1900

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Most people worked with their hands, coal mining. New things such as cars and radios boosted the economy

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Jobs in 2000

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Most people worked in service industries such as tourism

38
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Working class in 1900

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Population is 37 million, the majority working class

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Middle class in 2000

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Population is 58 million most people are middle class

40
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Cultural change from Ind. to 20th cent.

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1900: most people when to church and believed in God. People played football or worked allotment.
2000: most people trust science and not religion, spend money on leisure, tv and gaming.

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1919 Housing Act

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Local councils had to build council houses with running water, indoor toilets and gardens

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1945 New Towns

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After 1945, New towns were built to solve overcrowding.

43
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Right to Buy scheme

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Right to buy scheme in 1980s led to shortage of council housing.

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Food in 20th cent.

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  1. Refrigeration and canning made food cheaper
  2. New supermarkets increased food variety
  3. Fast food consumption increased
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Air quality in 20th cent.

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  1. Smoke from factories and homes produced smog
  2. Increased car ownership added to air pollution
46
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Inactivity in 20th cent.

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  1. Increased car ownership added to inactivity
  2. New forms of pleasure like TVs added to inactivity
47
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How many people did the Spanish flu kill overall?

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Soldiers returning home from war spread the Spanish flu and it killed over 50 million worldwide

48
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Mass graves due to Spanish flu in Britain

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Due to the Spanish flu mass graves had to be used since people ran out of coffins

49
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Government advice on the Spanish flu

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Government only gave advice in 1918 when it was too late

50
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Local authorities during the Spanish flu

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Important decisions like closing schools were left to local authorities

51
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Dr Wise on influenza

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A silent film, was released that explained precautions such as making face masks but not enough copies were made.

52
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Panic and prejudice of aids

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  • newspapers called aids the “gay plague” blamed gay men and drug users
  • government advice suggested that aids is spread by touch
53
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Correct advice in aids in the later 1980s

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✅Information leaflet called “don’t die of ignorance” sent to every household
✅ Hospitals provided free HIV testing
✅ 1987 princess diana took photos shaking hands with aids patients

54
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1948 NHS

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  • hospital care treatment until 1952
  • Dental
    -prescriptions
    -gp visits
55
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Clean Air Act

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1956 parliament wanted to take control of pollution

56
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TV adverts for smoking banned

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1964

57
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Smoking banned in all public areas

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2007

58
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Blank cigarette packaging

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2016

59
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Government encouraging healthier lifestyles

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✅ Five a day campaign
✅ NHS couch to 5k program

60
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the great plague

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1665, killed 15% of London’s population

61
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when was the flushing toilet invented?

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1596

62
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aldermen

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local government officials

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