Public Health In Medieval England Flashcards
How did monasteries make an effort to improve public health?
Had the money for clean water and pipes to care for the sick
What were by-laws put in place to do?
Improve public health before the Black Death
What got moved out of towns to improve health?
Dung heaps and prostitutes
What is a guild?
A group of people in the same trade (eg butchery) who test standards of products made by everyone in that trade
How did guilds improve public health?
Quality of things like meat were up to standard therefore no one would become ill due to it
What did rich residents in London pay for?
Latrines and conduits to be built
Why did religion affect people negatively in terms of public health?
They said to pray to god and relieve there sins which doesn’t do anything and infects you if you go to a church to do this
What did people do once the Black Death came to towns? How did this make things even worse?
People would try to run away from the disease which just lead to the disease being spread more
What are the 4 main diseases in the medieval period?
Black Death, dysentery, tuberculosis and childbirth fever
What date did the Black Death hit England?
1348
What did Christian goodness promote?
New pipes/ conduits
What 2 things were moved to the countryside?
Dung heaps and prostitutes
What did the king do?
Only wrote a letter to the mayor
What did London in particular do to help with disposing waste?
Built a jetty
What did mayors of poor towns do to afford changes?
Raise taxes
