The Victorian Era and Public Health

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Le Public Health Act de 1875
2. Maladies et conditions de vie
3. Mortalité et causes des décès
4. Progrès et puissance victorienne
5. Valeurs, religion et doute

📅 Repères chronologiques

1. 183231,000 people died.
2. 1859Darwin published On The Origin of Species, a book that challenged religion.
3. 1870London became the financial and commercial capital of the world.

📖 1. Le Public Health Act de 1875

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Public Health Act : An Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and a significant step in the advancement of public health in England.

📖 2. Maladies et conditions de vie

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• Accumulated dirt filled the streets, while human waste piled up in courtyards and ran through the streets because many people refused to pay night-soil men to empty cesspools.

• The common filth diseases were:

  • cholera
  • typhoid
  • typhus
  • tuberculosis

• Many people had no access to toilets or water at home, so they used public toilets and a polluted water pump.

Compléments

• Living conditions were terrible because many people lived in the same house, the houses were not clean and there was a lack of food.

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