C ENV 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Louis Pasteur, Industrial Revolution, Ignaz Semmelweis

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C env 110 lecture 8 the great escape. Basic human necessities: food, clothing, shelter. Other important factors: health, life expectancy, child mortality, culture, leisure time. Imagine a ladder with 11 stepts of happiness. Younger people: satisfied with health (other than poorer countries, if you survive to be 15-20 ish you"re probably in pretty good health. Older people: only about 50% are happy with health in poorer countries, 80% in richer countries. Exception: chile and costa rica have about the same health as the us, but spend 12% as much per person. Life expectancy at birth has increased over the years. Better disposal of sewage/prevented the spread of diseases. Better nutrition and living conditions and understanding disease transmission. Rich people didn"t survive longer until about 1750. Industrial revolution brought people to cities --> very unhealthy places. Sewage was rampant, pollution was rampant, clean water was hard to find.

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