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The English Public Health Movement, 1838-1848, Rebecca Dale
The English Public Health Movement, 1838-1848, Rebecca Dale
Honors Theses
Parliament passed its first comprehensive public health act in 1848. Prior to that time Britain as well as other European countries had mostly just tolerated insanitary conditions.
In English medieval towns people threw their garbage onto the narrow streets where animals--pigs, cattle, ducks--roamed, Houses were built with projections over the streets which blocked light and ventilation. There were few qualms about slaughtering animals on the streets. The common method of sewerage was by cesspools which in some cases were built underneath the houses and in most cases were cleaned out only once every several years by the "dust-collectors". Even in …
Government And Life In The Latin Kingdom Of Jerusalem, Jane S. Brantley
Government And Life In The Latin Kingdom Of Jerusalem, Jane S. Brantley
Honors Theses
It is the purpose of this paper to look at the government and way of life settlers established in Jerusalem and to investigate problems which led to its fall in 1187.