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Water quiz for KS4: John Snow and water contamination #4
 
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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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