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The lives of poor children - Disease and hygiene
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THE LIVES OF POOR CHILDREN DISEASE AND HYGIENE Most young poor children used to get diseases by drinking the river Thames water after people put in their waste. Many poor children died of a disease called cholera that made them turn blue and spotty; it was carried in infected drinking water in the public water pumps. Cholera epidemics were so bad that in 1848 Parliament passed a public health act and set up a board of health to attempt to fight it. It was not until 1855 that the Victorians discovered the cause of Cholera and began to try and have a town medical officer of health, main drainage, a proper rubbish collection service and an organised water system. The lower classes were too poor to buy medicine from the doctors to cure themselves, so many died from illnesses that would not be serious today. There were no vaccines given to children to...
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