Approaches to public health in late-medieval towns and monasteries (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards
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Medieval town sewage & water conditions
Medieval town sewage & water conditions
Lacked sewage systems and clean water supply
Fine for casting garbage into rivers after plague
Fine for casting garbage into rivers after plague
20 pounds
Seasons bathing advised in medieval texts
Seasons bathing advised in medieval texts
Spring and winter (not summer)
Public health changes after Black Death
Public health changes after Black Death
Gutters built, butchers segregated, cesspools apart from wells
Who ran medieval monasteries
Who ran medieval monasteries
Nuns and monks
Groups refused admission to monasteries
Groups refused admission to monasteries
Lepers, lunatics, falling sickness, contagious diseases
Number of 'hospitals' in medieval England & Wales
Number of 'hospitals' in medieval England & Wales
About 1,200
% of medieval hospitals housing the elderly
% of medieval hospitals housing the elderly
47%
% of medieval hospitals for the sick
% of medieval hospitals for the sick
Only 10%
% of medieval hospitals that were leper hospitals
% of medieval hospitals that were leper hospitals
31%
Bimaristans in Baghdad vs London in 1100s
Bimaristans in Baghdad vs London in 1100s
Baghdad had 60, London had 1
Jerusalem hospital bed capacity in 1113
Jerusalem hospital bed capacity in 1113
Room for a thousand beds
Medieval perception of leprosy
Medieval perception of leprosy
Infectious disease of morally corrupt people
When lazar houses established in England
When lazar houses established in England
Between 11th and 14th centuries
Bed capacity of St. Leonard's in York
Bed capacity of St. Leonard's in York
Around 225 beds