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What was John Snow one of the founding members of in London 1850?

Epidemiological Society of London

Harveian Society of London

Medical Society of London

What was the Epidemiological Society of London the first to do?

Look for clues, treatments and to study diseases

Look for cures, medicines and to study diseases

Look for cures, treatments and to study diseases

What were the three disease study goals of the Society?

Transmittance, proliferation and environmental factors

Transmittance, procreation and environmental factors

Transmittance, propagation and environmental factors

John Snow planned to use his powers of his prodigious mind to show that cholera could be contained. What does ‘prodigious’ mean?

Extraordinary

Genius

Admired

How did John Snow plan to test his hypothesis about cholera?

A laboratory experiment

A statistical experiment

An experimental experiment

What were the names of the two water companies who supplied water to the London district that John Snow had worked in?

Southpark & Ford, and Lambeth

Southwark & Vauxhall, and Lewisham

Southwark & Vauxhall, and Lambeth

At the time, what three ways was raw sewerage disposed of?

Cesspools, streets and storm sewers

Cesspools, streets and sewer system

Septic tanks, biofilters and aerobic treatment systems

What two water sources did this effect?

Water pumps and the Southwark & Vauxhall Water Company

Southwark & Vauxhall Water Company, and Lambeth Water Company

Water pumps and Lambeth Water Company

What was the difference between Southwark & Vauxhall (S & V) Water Company and the Lambeth (L) Water Company?

S & V took the water downstream from the sewerage pipes, whereas L took the water from above

S & V took the water above the sewerage outflows, whereas L took the water from downstream

S & V took the water downstream from the sewerage pipes, whereas L took water from a well

To undertake his AB test, what did John Snow have to do?

Compare the infection rates of the people served by the two water companies

Compare the infection rates in men and women

Compare the infection rates between different ages

How did John Snow collect his statistical data?

Questionnaires, official documents and chemical analysis

Asking questions, official documents and chemical analysis

Asking questions, diaries and chemical analysis

What did John Snow’s chemical analysis show?

Southwark & Vauxhall water had four times more salt (Na) than Lambeth water

Lambeth water had four times more salt (Na) than Southwark & Vauxhall water

Southwark & Vauxhall water had four times more water than salt (Na) than Lambeth water

John Snow found that 38 out of 44 deaths in one month had come from Southwark & Vauxhall Water. What percentage of people died?

17% (38 ÷ 100 x 44)

86% (38 ÷ 44 x 100)

115% (44 ÷ 38 x 100)

What did John Snow read in the paper on 4th September 1854?

Bored Street, Monday evening, too many coffins for the hearses to collect

Broad Street, Tuesday morning, not enough hearses to collect all the coffins

Broad Street, Monday evening, so many coffins that they had to be put into and onto hearses

What was the event in Broad Street likened to?

The English Civil War 1642 - 1651

The Great Plague of London 1665 - 1666

The Great Fire of London 1666

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