Health: Government and Religion

How did the church help health care in the Middle Ages?

• It collected charity to pay for hospitals

• They built Guy's hospital

• Monks copied medical books

• They paid for X-Rays

How did the church in the Middle Ages hold back Health care?

• They refused to help sick people

• They banned dissection

• Encouraged pilgrimage and prayer rather than seeking new cures

• They banned the use of X-rays

What did the local government of Coventry did in the Middle Ages to help health?

• Banned the Black Death

• Banned toilets over streams

• Banned prayer

• Banned charity

What did the City of London government do to prevent the Plague spreading?

• Ordered everyone to leave

• Shut people up in a house for 40 days if the family had plague

• Killed all the rats

• Banned people travelling

How did the Government combat smallpox?

• Banned vaccines

• Made Vaccination compulsory in 1853

• Locked up people with smallpox

• Killed all the cows

What was 19th century idea of Laissez-faire?

• The idea the government were lazy

• The idea the government must act

• The idea the government should not interfere

• The idea that cholera came from France

How long did the 1848 Public Health Act last?

• 1 year

• 3 years

• 7 years

• 9 years

What event of 1858 caused Parliament to pay for sewers in London?

• An outbreak of cholera

• The Thames caught fire

• The Great Stink

• John Snow became MP

The 1875 Public Health Act provided...

• clean water

• sewers

• Food inspections

• waste removal by councils

Government helped health because it...

• Could provide health for people who couldn't afford it

• Always discovered new things

• Was greedy

• doctors liked working for it