Responses to cholera epidemics (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards
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What was cholera nicknamed?
What was cholera nicknamed?
King Cholera
What caused cholera epidemics?
What caused cholera epidemics?
Dirty and contaminated water
Cholera symptoms
Cholera symptoms
Vomiting and diarrhoea
Deaths in 1831-32 cholera epidemic
Deaths in 1831-32 cholera epidemic
About 32,000
Deaths in 1848-49 cholera epidemic
Deaths in 1848-49 cholera epidemic
53,000
Deaths in 1853-54 cholera epidemic
Deaths in 1853-54 cholera epidemic
20,000
Deaths in 1865-66 cholera epidemic
Deaths in 1865-66 cholera epidemic
About 15,000
When did John Snow discover cholera's cause?
When did John Snow discover cholera's cause?
1854
Where did John Snow map cholera cases?
Where did John Snow map cholera cases?
Broad Street, Soho, London
What did Snow prove cholera was?
What did Snow prove cholera was?
Waterborne
What was the 'corrupted air' theory called?
What was the 'corrupted air' theory called?
Miasma theory
1858 Thames event
1858 Thames event
The Great Stink
Who authored the 1842 sanitary report?
Who authored the 1842 sanitary report?
Edwin Chadwick
Ship quarantine period (1832)
Ship quarantine period (1832)
Five days
How were cholera victims' clothes treated?
How were cholera victims' clothes treated?
Boiled or burned