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GCSE History · key term
An outbreak of disease affecting many people in a community or region.
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Paper 2
An outbreak of disease affecting many people in a community or region over a particular period.
Revise: Improvements in Public HealthFurther major epidemics followed in 1848–49, 1854 and 1866. In 1848–49, more than 53,000 people died across England and Wales. Cholera could affect rich and poor, although crowded districts with inadequate sanitation were particularly vulnerable.
Paper 1
An outbreak of disease that spreads rapidly and affects many people in a population.
Revise: Responses to the Black DeathMedieval people did not know about bacteria, so they interpreted the epidemic through religion, inherited medical theories and what they could observe around them.
A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease within a population.
Explain a causal chain rather than listing events: overcrowding overwhelmed sanitation, sewage contaminated drinking water, and cholera epidemics increased pressure for reform.
Avoid saying that medieval people did nothing. Religious responses, street cleaning and flight to the countryside were all attempts to deal with the epidemic.
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