Responses to the Great Plague of 1665
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Deaths
* Most serious outbreak
* 65,000 (15% London)
* 65,000 (15% London)
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Causes
Flees on rats
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Responses
* Rich left the city but that was made harder when a restriction was put on travel
* Dogs and cats were killed, possibly making it worse since they weren’t killing rats
* Plague orders such as isolation for 40 days with a Red Cross on the door and the closing of theatres, etc
* Ban on beggars and travelling entertainers
* Bodies buried before or after daylight to avoid contact
* Doctors wore masks filled with herbs
* Burning herbs
* Dogs and cats were killed, possibly making it worse since they weren’t killing rats
* Plague orders such as isolation for 40 days with a Red Cross on the door and the closing of theatres, etc
* Ban on beggars and travelling entertainers
* Bodies buried before or after daylight to avoid contact
* Doctors wore masks filled with herbs
* Burning herbs
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Causes
* Miasma
* Dogs and cats
* Dogs and cats
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Treatments
Bleeding