Industrial Revolution Flashcards
(34 cards)
Why did living conditions get so bad?
They became really bad because of multipul reasons
- poor sanitation
- overcrowding
- lack of knowledge
- dirty water .etc.
True or false, cholera is a water borne disease
True
Who is bazalgette?
Bazalgette is the person who laid out and planned the infistructure for the new sewers
Who is John Snow?
He is the person who discovered the cholera was not spread by miasma but his ideas weren’t accepted till 30 years later.
Why did people move into towns
Work
What is meant by population explosion?
The population suddenly shot up
What replaced wool
Cotton
What medical resource found out in the 1800s that is still used today
Anasthetic
How did the industrial revolution help out health
Make clean water pumps
What happened to the middle class childrens education
It inproved and more people could afford it
How much did the population increase 1750-1900
+32 million
What are living conditions
Your quality of life depended on wether you were rich or poor. Child labour was very common and many children started to steal food. Rich people were not affected by this since they had the money to move out of the city away from the slums.
What did the english government do to save space in towns
Back to back housing
Why did disease spread fast in cities
Cities spread desease quickly as they were overcrowded and people didnt understand how desease spread
What were major problems in industrial cities
Pollution
Starvation
Disease
Whay was a major disease outbreak in london
Cholera
What was miasma
Belief wheredisease spread through air
Why was sanitation bad in cities
Cities like london were filthy, they were covered in smog and the thames was filled with sewage it could be so bad people couldn’t breathe properly
Who built the sewers in cities
Bazalgette
Who failed trying to improve cities health quality
Chadwick
Who suceeded in improving cities health quality
John Snow
What is a water supply
There was little clean water , there was no toilets system either homes were not built with a plumbing system people emplied their toilets buckets on the street
What was the public health act
National board of health improving drainage,dewage,rubbish+more
When did the first public health act occur
1848
