Medieval Public Health

• what caused water pollution?


  people were dumping their waste in the rivers
• What did towns do when there was a demand for water?

  They made new pipes made out of lead (dangerous)
• What did the government do to improve public health?

  • they tried to prevent water pollution / disposal in water
  • put a law that butchers had to dispose of an animal they day they were killed
• What is public health

  The attempt of preventing disease and prolonging life through organised community efforts.
• What did people believe cause poor health

  Bad air / miasma
• What was the problem with privy cesspits

  When it rained human waste flowed onto the streets
• What did monasteries do?

  • they extracted water for drinking, cooking, washing etc
  • they had psychic gardens were plants and herbal remedies were grown for the sick