Reasons why public health provision showed little improvement 1500-1700. Science and Technology War Communication and education The technology of providing and Wars often diverted government ensuring the provision of clean expenditure away from schemes There was no research or water supply had not been and ideas to improve public education on the public health sufficiently developed to deal with health. problems of towns. the problems of large towns. Wars could often disrupt what The technology of water closets little local provision there already and drainage systems had not was eg The English Civil War been sufficiently developed to 1642-49. deal with the problems of larger towns Activity 5 How far did public health change in the period 1500-1700? Analyse how far ideas about public health began to change by plotting your own living graph and labelling some of the significant points related to changing public health on it. Before 1350 little progress had been The Black Death of 1348 encouraged As towns grew bigger after the Black made in public health. No one some towns to introduce by-laws like Death of 1348, public health became a expected local government to provide fines for rubbish and mess, digging bigger problem with no wide provision water, sewers or collect rubbish. ditches as drainage, making privies for water supply, sewers and drainage People had to pay for cesspits to be available and trying to locate water or rubbish collection. Some places had emptied. Any improvements were supply away from cesspits. by-laws that regulated some aspects of paid for by local individuals. public health eg public baths. The Great Plague of 1665 saw more By 1613 the project of supplying fresh Flushing toilets and adequate sewers regulations of public health by water to London was complete after were not able to develop government including making people receiving funding from private comprehensively until the mid 1800s, responsible for sweeping and individuals and King James I. However cesspits and privies at to be cleared by cleaning streets, controlling the sale the quality of the water could not be local businesses and there was no local of food, and fumigating areas. monitored effectively. or national health authorities.
Reasons why public health provision showed little improvement 1500-1700. Science and Technology The technology of providing and ensuring the provision of clean water supply had not been sufficiently developed to deal with the problems of large towns. The technology of water closets and drainage systems had not been sufficiently developed to deal with the problems of larger towns War Wars often diverted government expenditure away from schemes and ideas to improve public health. Wars could often disrupt what little local provision there already was eg The English Civil War 1642-49. Communication and education There was no research or education on the public health problems of towns. Activity 5 How far did public health change in the period 1500-1700? Analyse how far ideas about public health began to change by plotting your own living graph and labelling some of the significant points related to changing public health on it. Before 1350 little progress had been made in public health. No one expected local government to provide water, sewers or collect rubbish. People had to pay for cesspits to be emptied. Any improvements were paid for by local individuals. The Black Death of 1348 encouraged some towns to introduce by-laws like fines for rubbish and mess, digging ditches as drainage, making privies available and trying to locate water supply away from cesspits. As towns grew bigger after the Black Death of 1348, public health became a bigger problem with no wide provision for water supply, sewers and drainage or rubbish collection. Some places had by-laws that regulated some aspects of public health eg public baths. The Great Plague of 1665 saw more regulations of public health by government including making people responsible for sweeping and cleaning streets, controlling the sale of food, and fumigating areas. By 1613 the project of supplying fresh water to London was complete after receiving funding from private individuals and King James I. However the quality of the water could not be monitored effectively. Flushing toilets and adequate sewers were not able to develop comprehensively until the mid 1800s, cesspits and privies at to be cleared by local businesses and there was no local or national health authorities.