Water quiz for KS3: John Snow and water contamination #4
What did contagionists and anti-contagionists agree upon?
Disease was spread by close contact
Filth was bad
Miasma
What was the problem with waste?
Not recyclable
Too much unwanted or unusable items
Unregulated disposal
What movement did John Snow’s cholera research and report give rise to?
The insanitary movement
The sanatorium movement
The sanitary movement
The Broad Street outbreak and John Snow’s final cholera report both occurred in 1854. At the start of this new decade, how long ago did these events happen?
165 years (2019)
166 years (2020)
167 years (2021)
What does this mathematical symbol in the screen shot from the YouTube video tell you about the two images?
There were more births than deaths
There were more deaths than births
There were the same number of deaths as births
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
In which industry sector did most of the UK population work, to ensure that people were fed?
Agriculture
Manufacture
Restauranteur
In 1842, who produced a report that said that sewerage in streets was not acceptable?
Edwin Aldrin
Edwin Chadwick
Edwin Lutyens
What was created to make sanitary cities?
Cleaning companies
Hospitals
Sewers
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
London saw one final cholera outbreak in 1866. What was the reason for the cholera epicentre being in that particular area of London?
Incomplete cesspits
Incomplete sewer system
Incomplete water system
How many miles of pipe made up the 19th century London sewer system?
13,000
16,000
19,000
How many bricks were laid to create the 19th century London sewer system?
318 billion
318 million
318 trillion
In some European cities, what was done to install a sewer system?
Canals were built around existing buildings
Parts of the city were knocked down, then rebuilt
Storm drains were converted to sewers
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
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