Responses to cholera epidemics (OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World)): Quizzes
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What nickname was given to cholera during the Industrial Revolution?
What nickname was given to cholera during the Industrial Revolution?
King Cholera
What caused and spread cholera epidemics?
What caused and spread cholera epidemics?
Dirty and contaminated water
In what year did Dr John Snow discover that water was the true cause of cholera?
In what year did Dr John Snow discover that water was the true cause of cholera?
1854
How many deaths occurred during the first cholera epidemic of 1831-32?
How many deaths occurred during the first cholera epidemic of 1831-32?
About 32,000
How many deaths were caused by the second cholera outbreak in 1848-49?
How many deaths were caused by the second cholera outbreak in 1848-49?
53,000
What year did Parliament stop meeting due to the bad smell of the River Thames?
What year did Parliament stop meeting due to the bad smell of the River Thames?
1858
What symptoms did cholera cause?
What symptoms did cholera cause?
Vomiting and diarrhoea
What was the prominent theory about the cause of cholera before Snow's discovery?
What was the prominent theory about the cause of cholera before Snow's discovery?
Miasma theory (corrupted air/bad smell)
How did John Snow establish that cholera was waterborne?
How did John Snow establish that cholera was waterborne?
Mapping cases leading to a contaminated well
When was the first Public Health Act passed?
When was the first Public Health Act passed?
1848
What did the City Board of Health order during the 1832 outbreak?
What did the City Board of Health order during the 1832 outbreak?
Boiling or burning victims' clothing
In what year did reformer Edwin Chadwick publish his sanitary conditions report?
In what year did reformer Edwin Chadwick publish his sanitary conditions report?
1842