Life in Medieval Period

• Life expectancy was very low and your chances on surviving an illness was depended on who you were and what treatment you received
• Rich were more likely to afford medical treatment
• famine and war were main killers. A bad harvest due to bad weather or floods mean malnourishment for many meaning many people could catch disease
• Many people died from dysentery, typhoid, smallpox and measles. There was an estimate of 10 percent of England's population died from these diseases in the early 14th century.
• childbirth was extremely dangerous and it was likely that 30 percent of children died before the age of 7
• people made links between disease and miasma