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Where could John Snow quickly get the data he needed?

The Office of the Attorney General

The Office of National Statistics

The Office of the Registrar General

John Snow returned to Broad Street, the epicentre of the cholera outbreak in London. What does ‘epicentre’ mean?

The central point of something

The circumference of something

The concentric circles around something

What pattern did John Snow find by plotting cholera deaths onto a map of London?

The epicentre was the Broad Street pump, and death rates decreased farther away

The epicentre was the Little Marlborough pump, and death rates decreased farther away

The epicentre was the Warwick Street pump, and death rates increased farther away

What landmarks did John Snow use to section his map into three different parts?

Businesses

Houses

Pumps

What was the total number of deaths in and around the Broad Street pump that John Snow had on record?

Within the Broad Street pump area, there was a very big workhouse. What street was it on?

Broad Street

Great Marlborough Street

Poland Street

Where did the workhouse get its water from?

Grand Junction Canal Company

Grand Junction Water Works

Lambeth Water Company

Who did John Snow have to present his evidence to?

Local Health Authority

Local Health Board

Local Health Commission

What day and date did John Snow present his findings to the Local Health Commission?

Wednesday 5th September

Thursday 6th September

Friday 7th September

By the Monday after his presentation, the epidemic was almost over. How many days after John Snow’s presentation was this?

5 days (Thursday to Monday)

4 days (Friday to Monday)

3 days (Saturday to Monday)

What two theories did Henry Whitehead want to debunk (discredit)?

John Snow’s and Maoam

John Snow’s and Miami

John Snow’s and Miasma

What committee were both John Snow and Henry Whitehead invited to join?

Cholera Epicentre Committee

Cholera Epidemic Committee

Cholera Outbreak Committee

Due to his position as a curate (assistant to vicars and priests), what was Henry Whitehead able to do that John Snow could not?

Assemble, catalogue, manage and present artistic and cultural collections

Conduct a service, ministry or activity

Obtain the last pieces of data needed from those that had not fallen ill

Where did the Broad Street pump get its water from?

Ground water

Reservoir

River Thames

Patient zero was a 4-day old baby girl. In medical science, what does the term ‘patient zero’ mean?

A patient who has nothing to do with an epidemic

A patient who has contracted a disease, but who is less than 1 year-old

The first documented patient in a disease epidemic

When did patient zero die?

2nd September 1854

3rd September 1854

4th September 1854

What did the examination of the cesspit and well by the Cholera Outbreak Committee reveal?

The cesspit was leaking into the ground water used by the Broad Street pump

The River Thames was leaking into the ground water used by the Broad Street pump

The sewer was leaking into the ground water used by the Broad Street pump

What did John Snow say would prevent cholera outbreaks from happening in the future?

Understanding that water pumps should not be consumed

Understanding how the disease is spread

Understanding that river water should not be consumed

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