public health - edwin chadwick and bazalgette

Question 1

why was there a lot of overcrowding in cities?

Answer 1

many moved from countryside to cities to work in factories

Question 2

when did cholera reach britain and what did people believe caused it?

Answer 2

1831
miasma

Question 3

what did edwin chadwick do?

Answer 3

in 1842, published report on poverty and health, suggesting government should take action

Question 4

what did john snow?

Answer 4

showed connection between contaminated water and cholera
removed handle from broad street pump and ended outbreak

Question 5

how did government react to chadwick’s report?

Answer 5

under pressure from chadwick’s report and another cholera epidemic, gov created first public health act

Question 6

what was the great stink?

Answer 6

hot weather caused river’s water level to drop, and bacteria to grow in waste, causing a foul smell
got so bad parliament couldn’t have meetings

Question 7

what did joseph bazalgette do?

Answer 7

hired by government to treat great stink
developed sewage network that transported rubbish dumped into thames to thames estuay