Events

• What was summer heat blamed for making?


  The Great Plague in 1665
• What did Bills of Mortality do?


  During the plague it allowed people to identify that the Plague could spread between people, efforts to quarantine
• What law was added for the Great Plague 1665?

  Quarantine law
• What was quarantine like during the Great Plague of 1665?


  
  

  • Victims houses were guarded by a watchman and marked with a red cross
  • Houses were quarantined for up to 28 days
• What had a greater emphasis during the Great Plague?

  Cleanliness
• What were people ordered to do during the Great Plague?

  People were ordered to clear the streets - the dead were collected daily
• How many animals were slaughtered during the Great Plague to keep streets 'clean'?

  Over 40,000 dogs and 20,000 cats