Public Health in 1665

"A pocket full of pockets, a pocket full of pockets, a paper towel, everyone falls down!" Even today, even today, children swear by this ancient virgin while changing ancient slang words to reality. Is happy. What is creepy is that this ancient rhyme is really describing Great Plague which is one of the worst nightmare in Europe. Many people forget the fear of plague, but when thinking about it, public health is rarely a factor that plays an important role when people begin thinking about the problem.

Plague continued to occur in small epidemics around the world, but large pneumonia epidemic occurred in Europe and the UK from 1665 to 1666. Samuel Pepys explained infectious diseases in his 1665 diary described in A Journal by Daniel Defoe in 1722. Pest year. People were opened at home and the cross was drawn on the door. The epidemic peaked in September 1665 when 7000 people died in London every week. Between 1665 and 1666, one in five London died and about 100,000 died. The fire in London in 1666 and subsequent rebuilding of wood with wood using tiles and wood and cottage of the wild roof disrupted the normal habitat of the rat and made them fade.

After two rainy summers in 1664 and 1665, after November 1665, after the hot summer of 1666, London experienced special drought. A fire broke out at Thomas Farina bakery at Pudding Lane. The midnight family on Sunday, September 2 was confined to the second floor, but except for the maid who became the first victim because he was too scared to try, he could climb from the window on the second floor to the next door It was. Neighbors tried to help eliminate the fire; after 1 hour the police officers arrived and judged that adjacent houses were removed most in order to prevent further spread. Residents protested and mayor Mayor Thomas Bradworth was summoned and they were given the right to exceed their hope.

The summer of 1665 is one of the hottest summers, the number of people who died in the plague increased sharply. People began to panic and the rich flew from the capital. By June, health certificates must be retained to travel and enter other cities and cities, counterfeiters issue counterfeit certificates. Temperatures and the number of deaths continue to increase. Since the mayor of London wanted to see what he was doing, he heard rumors that stray dogs and cats were infected with disease on the street and ordered them to destroy them. Since stray dogs and cats never killed the mouse, this behavior inadvertently increased the number of deaths further.