Public Health - Big picture

What did Coventry City Council ban in the Middle ages?

• people keeping pet dragons

• building toilets over streams

• Getting water from the river

• Letting strangers into the city

What id Medieval Monks do to improve public health?

• Shower every day

• ban smoking

• divert a steam to carry away waster

• Burn sweet smelling herbs

What was a Bill of Mortality in Renaissance London?

• The cost of a funeral

• The tax paid to pay for night watch men

• Will Shakespeare's nickname

• A record of who had died of what

How long were people with plague quarantined for?

• 7 days

• 10 days

• 30 days

• 40 days

What was Lasissez-faire?

• The idea the government should not become involved

• A law banning people from using the same well

• The idea the government should be responsible for health

• The lesser of two evils is the right path

What new killer disease appeared in 1831?

• smallpox

• cowpox

• cholera

• Sweating Sickness

Where did John Snow remove the handle from a water pump in 1854, proving cholera came from the water?

• Soho

• Liverpool

• Islington

• Doncaster

According to Edwin Chadwick the average age of death for a working class person in Liverpool in 1842 was how old?

• 15

• 17

• 19

• 22

How long did the 1848 Public Health Act last?

• 3 years

• 7 years

• 10 years

• 19 years

In what year was the first permanent Public Health Act passed which made it compulsory to provide clean water and sewers?

• 1848

• 1875

• 1890

• 1906