What is the name for fast growth of towns and cities, and the movement of people into them?
Industrialisation
Urbanisation
Adulteration
Whose 1861 theory proved that germs caused decay and disease?
Louis Pasteur
Charles Darwin
John Snow
What does laissez-faire mean?
The belief that bad smells cause disease
The belief that governments should be responsible for public health
The belief that people should look after their own affairs without government getting involved
What was the name for housing that was built in terraced rows and joined to the row behind?
Through houses
Cellar dwellings
Back-to-back houses
Which disease was spread by body lice?
Typhus
Typhoid
Tuberculosis
What was the average age at death for a working-class labourer in Liverpool in 1840?
15 years
38 years
52 years
Who carried out detailed research into living conditions in Leeds during the first cholera epidemic?
Dr Robert Baker
Dr James Niven
Which of the following was not a piece of advice issued by the Leeds Board of Health during the first cholera epidemic?
Boil water
Avoid alcohol
Open windows
Which of the following laws introduced compulsory changes for towns?
1848 Public Health Act
1875 Artisans’ Dwelling Act
1875 Public Health Act
Which of the following areas introduced a ‘pail privy’ system in 1869?
Rochdale
Manchester
Birmingham