In medieval times, what percentage of children died before the age of seven?
20 per cent
30 per cent
40 per cent
In 1349, which was the first town in Wales to be affected by the Black Death?
Carmarthen
Pembroke
Caldicot
In medieval and early modern times, what was the name of unpleasant smells that were thought to causes disease?
Bacteria
Buboes
Miasmas
In what year was the Great Plague?
1556
1656
1665
What eventually brought an end to the Great Plague of 1665?
The onset of winter
The employment of searchers of the dead
The placing of sentries outside the houses of plague victims
In the early 19th century, what did the idea of laissez-faire mean?
Governments should be responsible for public health
Governments should not interfere in people’s lives
Governments should open and run hospitals
How many people died in the cholera epidemic of 1831-32?
20,000
50,000
100,000
What was a sanatorium hospital for?
Chronically ill patients
Patients who were mentally ill
Patients with complaints of the nervous system
Why is a flu vaccine only effective for a couple of years?
The virus mutates
Antibiotics become more effective
Population changes make it less effective
How does Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) spread?
Through contaminated water
Through contamination from the coughing and sneezing of infected people
Through contamination from the blood or body fluids of infected people