key dates + stats

How many hospitals started?

Between 1000 and 1300, more than 700 eg St. Giles Hospital

What Islamic hospital was founded?

Al-Mansur in 1283

What law was passed in 1330?

The Glamorgan council passed a law to stop butchers throwing animal remains into the streets. Prevented pollution of rivers.

What law was passed in 1374?

A London council introduced a fee for households who dumped their sewage into the Walbrook stream. The money was used to clean the steam each year.

What law was passed in 1388?

The parliament passed a law so that people were fined £20 if they threw ‘dung, garbage, and entrails’ into ditches, ponds and rivers. However it was hard to enforce and many people ignored it

How many monasteries were there during the medieval period?

Over 1000

When was the black death?

1348

How many people were killed because of the black death?

1/3 of the population, at least 1.5 million people

What were the survival rates of the plague?

30% for bubonic and almost 0% for pneumonic

When was the statue of labourers passed?

1351 to stop peasants from moving for better pay

When was the sumptuary law passed?

1363 to try and restrict the quality of food and clothes given to one's social position

How much did peasants wage increase after the black death?

Between 1348-49, 400%

how much was canon of medicine printed?

At least 60 times between 1517 and 1574