Public health reformers (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Year cholera first arrived in Britain
Year cholera first arrived in Britain
1831
How cholera spreads
How cholera spreads
Contaminated food/water with Vibrio cholerae bacterium
Year of worst cholera outbreak
Year of worst cholera outbreak
1848
John Snow's discovery about cholera transmission
John Snow's discovery about cholera transmission
Spread through contaminated water, not bad air
Year of Snow's Broad Street investigation
Year of Snow's Broad Street investigation
1854
What Snow did to stop Broad Street outbreak
What Snow did to stop Broad Street outbreak
Removed the pump handle
Year of the Great Stink in London
Year of the Great Stink in London
1858
Bazalgette's solution to London's waste crisis
Bazalgette's solution to London's waste crisis
Designed & built massive sewer network
Chadwick's famous report & year
Chadwick's famous report & year
The Sanitary Report, 1842
What Chadwick's research led to
What Chadwick's research led to
1848 Public Health Act
Chadwick's key finding
Chadwick's key finding
Link between poor living conditions & disease
William Farr's contribution to public health
William Farr's contribution to public health
Systematic collection & analysis of medical statistics
What Farr's statistics proved about cholera
What Farr's statistics proved about cholera
Transmitted through water, not air
When Bazalgette's sewer system was built
When Bazalgette's sewer system was built
1860s-1870s
Miasma theory
Miasma theory
Belief that diseases spread through bad air