Great Plague

• Happened 1665-1666.
• Killed an estimated 100,000 people, 20% of London's population.
• Last major epidemic of the bubonic plague in England.
• Differences and similarities of plagues

  A) Planets

  B) Miasma

  C) Miasma

  D) Prayer

  E) herbal remmedies

  F) sweeping

  G) 1/3

  H) Quarter

  
• How people dealt with the Great Plague.

  • Moving to the countryside.
  • Bodies removed at night.
  • Bodies burned in mass plague pits.
  • Scottish border closed.
  • Trade between plague towns stopped.
  • Crowds were banned.
  • Streets were swept.
  • Fires were lit.
  • More effective quarantine.