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• Nineteenth Century Britain

  Focus on lifestyle's connection to illness, scientific advancements
• Living Conditions

  Cramped houses with poor hygiene contributed to illness
• Scientific Focus

  Scientists dismissed old beliefs, focused on science of illness
• Contagious Diseases

  Typhus and Whooping Cough easily spread among people
• Diet and Illness

  Link recognized, "English Disease" (Rickets) due to lack of sunlight and calcium
• Major Health Issues


  Cholera and Typhoid were significant problems, spread through contaminated water and food