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Why sick cities learned to count

History · Britain Through Time · ages 11-13
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Which disease raced through dirty water and packed rooms?

    • A sprained ankle
    • Cholera
    • Sunburn

  2. Why did people move into industrial cities despite the conditions?

    • City mills promised steady wages
    • Farms paid better
    • Cities banned all work

  3. Sewers and piped clean water helped cities fight disease.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. The pump handle came off and new cases stopped. What did that prove?

    • Dirty water carried the killer, not bad air
    • Pumps enjoy holidays
    • Doctors dislike handles

  5. Snow's dots crowded around one pump on his map. What should he test next?

    • Whether the moon causes cholera
    • Whether maps cause disease
    • Whether closing that pump stops new cases

  6. Counting deaths showed sickness struck hardest in foul, packed streets. What followed?

    • Cities banned all maps
    • Governments paid for sewers and clean water
    • Doctors left London

  7. Why did mapping matter more than blaming bad air?

    • Maps gave proof leaders could act and pay on
    • Maps looked pretty
    • Air cannot be drawn

  8. A poster says Victorian cities grew slowly with fine drains. What is wrong?

    • Drains were fine
    • Posters tell truth
    • Cities outgrew drains, and cholera proved it
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Why sick cities learned to count W1-mt__vBvBBi8cO-s1

  1. Cholera · Cholera and typhus flew house to house in sick districts.
  2. City mills promised steady wages · Low farm pay and machines on the land pushed them townward.
  3. True · Carrying waste away and clean water in broke cholera's path.
  4. Dirty water carried the killer, not bad air · Cutting the water cut the sickness with it.
  5. Whether closing that pump stops new cases · A cluster points at a source; shutting it tests the link.
  6. Governments paid for sewers and clean water · Proof turned health into a public job worth funding.
  7. Maps gave proof leaders could act and pay on · Dots around one pump turned guess into evidence for sewers.
  8. Cities outgrew drains, and cholera proved it · Growth beat planning, and sickness exposed the gap.
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