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Who finally dispelled the miasma theory of disease?

Louis Pasteur and Robert Coke

Luis Pasteur and Robert Cola

Lewis Pasteur and Robert Pepsi

John Snow’s cholera research and report gave credence to the sanitary movement? What does ‘credence’ mean?

A system of religious beliefs, or faith

Manual pressure to eliminate urine

Something that can be believed in, as it is true

What movement did John Snow’s cholera research and report give rise to?

The insanitary movement

The sanitary movement

The sanatorium movement

The population in 19th Century Britain is described as ‘demographically negative’. What does this mean?

More people were living longer

More people were born than died

More people died than were born

In UK cities, there were more people dying than being born. What group of people stabilised this?

Healthy families

Hospital workers

Migrant workers

What three things contributed to disease in UK cities?

Squalid living conditions, tight packed populations and lack of fridges

Squalid living conditions, tight packed population and restricted access to medicine

Squalid living conditions, tight packed populations and poor nutrition

What event occurred to change working practices?

The First Industrial Revolution: The Age of Mechanical Production

The Second Industrial Revolution: The Age of Science and Mass Production

The Third Industrial Revolution: The Digital Revolution

What two things are required for a successful chain of production?

Population and large rural centres

Population and large suburban centres

Population and large urban centres

In 1842, who produced a report that said that sewerage in streets was not acceptable?

Edwin Aldrin

Edwin Chadwick

Edwin Lutyens

Which social group is believed to have been the main reason that sanitation changes started to be made?

Upper class (royals, aristocrats and the rich)

Middle class (owned and managed businesses)

Working class (skilled and unskilled workers)

Still in use today, what year were the original London sewers built?

1858

1859

1860

What disease did the London sewers vanquish?

Cholera

Clonorchiasis

Conjunctivitis

In 1866, who used John Snow’s methods to limit the final outbreak of cholera in London?

William Farr

William Morris

William Windsor

What was the link between John Snow and William Farr?

The Office of the Attorney General for disease statistics

The Office of National Statistics for disease statistics

The Office of the Registrar General for disease statistics

The 19th century London sewer system required 13,000 miles of pipes to be laid. In terms of the Earth, what is this equivalent to?

½ its circumference

½ its radius

½ its tangent

How much soil was removed from the streets of London to create the 19th Century sewer system?

2.7 million m

2.7 million m²

2.7 million m³

In Chicago (Illinois, USA), what was done to install their sewer system?

Soil was pumped in below the city to lift it by 4 feet

The city was lifted by 4 feet

The height of basements was reduced by 4 feet

Sewer systems eradicated cholera. What other two diseases were reduced?

Typhoid and tetanus

Typhoid and tuberculosis

Typhoid and typhus

What are the top four things that prevent the most human deaths?

Antibiotics, sanitation, vaccines and airbags

Antibiotics, sanitation, vaccines and fire extinguishers

Antibiotics, sanitation, vaccines and seatbelts

The sanitary movement is part of John Snow’s legacy. What does ‘legacy’ mean?

Something that a person leaves behind to be remembered by

Something that a person leaves behind in a trust

Something that a person leaves behind in their will

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