the great plague

THE GREAT PLAGUEBy Celestine, Florence, Katie, Morgan and Hetvi

WHAT WAS THE GREAT PLAGUE? Hit in 1665

Stuart London took the worst of the Plague.

It was brought under control in 1666, because of the Great Fire of London.

Stuart England was never free of the Plague.

It was called he Great Plague because it was the worst in 1665.

WHAT CAUSED THE GREAT PLAGUE? It is thought that the Plague originated in

London itself.

The summer in 1665 was very hot.

Towns had little hygiene, and were often filthy and dirty. Rats like these sort of conditions.

Because of the cramped and crowded conditions, the Plague spread even faster, and was even more dangerous.

WHAT WERE THEIR IDEAS? Medieval doctors didn’t know what caused

the plague. They thought that it was caused because of:

The Movements of the Planets

A punishment from God

Bad smells and corrupt air

Enemies who had poisoned the wells

SYMPTOMS OF THE GREAT PLAGUE... The nursery rhyme- ‘Ring-a-Ring of Roses’

was thought to have been based on the Plague symptoms.

Circular blotches; these could develop into pus-filled Buboes

Flowers were carried around- this was thought to be a cure based on beliefs.

Sneezing fits- promptly followed by death.

GOVERNMENT ACTION Public prayers

Closure of Public Places

Killing off cats and dogs- though this made it worse.

Fires in streets to purify air

Houses with people infected living in it were shut up and marked with a red cross etc.

CURES... Because doctors didn’t know what caused

the Plague, it was hard to find a cure. Some cures consisted of:

Writing the letters ‘abracadabra’ in a triangle.

A lucky hare’s foot Smoking tobacco Dried toad Leeches And pressing a plucked chicken on your sores

until it died.

FACTS AND FIGURES People who had no clue about Science were

employed to be doctors, because real doctors had fled for their safety.

Approximately 7,000 people died each week from the Plague.

It was reported that between 75,000 and 100,000 people died in the Great Plague.

Over the course of the three most famous outbreaks of the Plague, 137 million people died.

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