HLSC 2P21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mincome, Neoliberalism, Nordic Countries
27 Feb 2018
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The inception of population-based epidemiologic methods and its demonstrated strength. 1831 - 1st outbreak of cholera in london. Spread by contaminated water and food, with sudden large outbreaks being caused by a contaminated water supply. Most of the cases of cholera surrounded the pump on broad street. Because of this clustering, he proposed that it may have been caused through the water. Petitioned to have the handle removed so that people could not use it. Other factors that lead to the isolation of the pump. There was a prison close to the pump and of the. Should have gotten more sick due to proximity, but they didn"t because they had their own well. Of the 70 people at the brewery down stream from the pump, none got cholera, mainly because they drank beer. Beer was safer than water because of the beer-making process that includes boiling water which kills bacteria.
