Improvements in public health in the 19th century

12 questions

1. Write the missing word. Water is described as ___ if it becomes dirty or harmful to people’s health.
2. John Snow investigated the spread of which disease in London?
3. How many people died in the cholera epidemic of 1848-49 in Britain?
4. In 1854, which area of London did John Snow conduct his investigations around?
5. Write the missing word. John Snow's investigations proved that ___ did not spread disease.
6. Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
7. Write the missing word. Foods are referred to as ___ if they have been made weaker or worse in quality, especially by having something added to them.
8. Who published a report in 1842 on the conditions industrial workers lived in?
9. What type of houses were often built in cities for industrial workers?
10. In which years were Public Health Acts passed in Britain?
11. Why was the 1848 Public Health Act less effective than Edwin Chadwick may have hoped?
12. Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

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