Water quiz for KS4: John Snow and water contamination #2
What was John Snow one of the founding members of in London 1850?
Epidemiological Society of London
Harveian Society of London
Medical Society of London
What was the Epidemiological Society of London the first to do?
Look for clues, treatments and to study diseases
Look for cures, medicines and to study diseases
Look for cures, treatments and to study diseases
What were the three disease study goals of the Society?
Transmittance, proliferation and environmental factors
Transmittance, procreation and environmental factors
Transmittance, propagation and environmental factors
John Snow planned to use his powers of his prodigious mind to show that cholera could be contained. What does ‘prodigious’ mean?
Extraordinary
Genius
Admired
How did John Snow plan to test his hypothesis about cholera?
A laboratory experiment
A statistical experiment
An experimental experiment
What were the names of the two water companies who supplied water to the London district that John Snow had worked in?
Southpark & Ford, and Lambeth
Southwark & Vauxhall, and Lewisham
Southwark & Vauxhall, and Lambeth
At the time, what three ways was raw sewerage disposed of?
Cesspools, streets and storm sewers
Cesspools, streets and sewer system
Septic tanks, biofilters and aerobic treatment systems
What two water sources did this effect?
Water pumps and the Southwark & Vauxhall Water Company
Southwark & Vauxhall Water Company, and Lambeth Water Company
Water pumps and Lambeth Water Company
What was the difference between Southwark & Vauxhall (S & V) Water Company and the Lambeth (L) Water Company?
S & V took the water downstream from the sewerage pipes, whereas L took the water from above
S & V took the water above the sewerage outflows, whereas L took the water from downstream
S & V took the water downstream from the sewerage pipes, whereas L took water from a well
To undertake his AB test, what did John Snow have to do?
Compare the infection rates of the people served by the two water companies
Compare the infection rates in men and women
Compare the infection rates between different ages
How did John Snow collect his statistical data?
Questionnaires, official documents and chemical analysis
Asking questions, official documents and chemical analysis
Asking questions, diaries and chemical analysis
What did John Snow’s chemical analysis show?
Southwark & Vauxhall water had four times more salt (Na) than Lambeth water
Lambeth water had four times more salt (Na) than Southwark & Vauxhall water
Southwark & Vauxhall water had four times more water than salt (Na) than Lambeth water
John Snow found that 38 out of 44 deaths in one month had come from Southwark & Vauxhall Water. What percentage of people died?
17% (38 ÷ 100 x 44)
86% (38 ÷ 44 x 100)
115% (44 ÷ 38 x 100)
What did John Snow read in the paper on 4th September 1854?
Bored Street, Monday evening, too many coffins for the hearses to collect
Broad Street, Tuesday morning, not enough hearses to collect all the coffins
Broad Street, Monday evening, so many coffins that they had to be put into and onto hearses
What was the event in Broad Street likened to?
The English Civil War 1642 - 1651
The Great Plague of London 1665 - 1666
The Great Fire of London 1666
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