Water quiz for KS3: John Snow and water contamination #4

 

 

What did contagionists and anti-contagionists agree upon?

What was the problem with waste?

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

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?

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

What three things contributed to disease in UK cities?

In which industry sector did most of the UK population work, to ensure that people were fed?

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

What was created to make sanitary cities?

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

What disease did the London sewers vanquish?

London saw one final cholera outbreak in 1866. What was the reason for the cholera epicentre being in that particular area of London?

How many miles of pipe made up the 19th century London sewer system?

How many bricks were laid to create the 19th century London sewer system?

In some European cities, what was done to install a sewer system?

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