Responses to outbreaks of plague (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards
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Year of the Great Plague of London
Year of the Great Plague of London
1665
Dogs & cats killed during plague response
Dogs & cats killed during plague response
40,000 dogs and 200,000 cats
Document needed to leave London during plague
Document needed to leave London during plague
Certificate of good health
Mark painted on infected houses in 1665
Mark painted on infected houses in 1665
Red cross
Method used to keep air clean during plague
Method used to keep air clean during plague
Flaming torches night and day
% of Eyam village population that died
% of Eyam village population that died
Over 70%
Year of the Great Fire of London
Year of the Great Fire of London
1666
Where the Great Fire of 1666 started
Where the Great Fire of 1666 started
King's Bakery in Pudding Lane
Year Henry VIII issued plague isolation proclamation
Year Henry VIII issued plague isolation proclamation
1518
Mark on infected houses in 1518
Mark on infected houses in 1518
Bundles of straw
Duration infected houses shut up (1578 orders)
Duration infected houses shut up (1578 orders)
At least six weeks
Year of the Plague Act
Year of the Plague Act
1604
Who first described plague doctor costume (1630)
Who first described plague doctor costume (1630)
Charles de L'Orme
Plague doctors' belief about disease cause
Plague doctors' belief about disease cause
Bad smell or miasma
Treatment plague doctors performed
Treatment plague doctors performed
Bloodletting