GGR241H1 Chapter Notes -Antibody, Indian Medical Service, Laissez-Faire
Document Summary
Urban development and death: bombay city, 1870 - 1914 by klein (1986) Indian fail to take advantage of western technology or did social pttn. stop them: bombary was india"s greatest source of wealth in trade, hindered by evn"t condition and bad income, social linkage to diseases. Laissez faire methods: not concerned about distribution of wealth: creating unequal social classes, false methods in health care: major disease came from waterborne, overcrowding and worsen evn"t. Landlords adding onto buildings to generate more revenue. Immigration: exposed to many diseases especially with prostitutes, high variance in death rates. 1860s bombay waters were containment and were primarily sewage. Improvements to water supply was done for the betterment of corporations: controlled by indian medical service and bombay corporations in 1870s. Poor pipes made: failed to construct main lines of drainage promoting diseases - encouraged engineers to develop a new system. India elites were free from the plague like west: modern transportation increase transmission.
