HTH 245 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Safe Drinking Water Act, Orangi Pilot Project, Cryptosporidium Parvum
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In the 1880"s louis pasteur, robert koch, etc. , made groundbreaking discoveries in bacteriology. The germ theory of disease was established, and microbes were linked to poor sanitation and infectious disease. The germ theory was embraced in europe and the. United states, and sanitary engineers and bacteriologists ourished. Hospital service was established and charged with monitoring cholera in immigrants on ships coming into new york; by 1900, 40 states had health departments. 1950"s saw great improvements in public health strategies designed to control infectious diseases (figure 13. 4); malaria, plague, tuberculosis, and other diseases were markedly reduced. Improvements were made in water chlorination, food production and distribution, housing, control of tuberculosis and venereal disease, animal and pest control, and garbage disposal (figure 13. 5 and 13. 6). The last major outbreak of plague in the united states occurred during 1924 and 1925 in los angeles.
