In the Middle Ages, what were latrines?
Public bathhouses
Public toilets
Hospitals in monasteries
In the Middle Ages, what was a lazar house?
An area of a monastery that was like a washroom.
Another name for a privy
A hospital for people with leprosy
Why do many historians believe that the Great Fire of London helped to improve public health in the city?
Because it killed the plague germs
Because it killed the rats that had spread the plague
Because London had to be rebuilt in brick and stone
In which city was the Ancoats district, which Friedrich Engels described as “Hell upon Earth” in 1849?
Birmingham
Manchester
London
Who wrote the Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population in 1842?
Dr John Snow
Joseph Bazalgette
Edwin Chadwick
Which act of 1875 forced councils to provide clean water, effective drainage and sewerage systems in their area?
The Artisans' Dwellings Act
The Public Health Act
The National Insurance Act
Who wrote a report in 1889 showing that one-third of people in London lived in poverty?
Seebohm Rowntree
Charles Booth
William Beveridge
In which year did the Liberal government introduce free school meals for children?
1906
1907
1908
How many new council houses were built by the Labour government between 1945 and 1951?
200000
100000
1 million
In 1952, what was responsible for the deaths of 12,000 Londoners?
Smog
Motor car emissions
Pollution from factories