Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Roman public health measures
- Water
- Taken from springs in the country side
- Taken to the towns and cities by aquaducts
- Resiviours helps to settle out dirt and allow the water to be distributed
- Distribution of water
- Water is then transported through pipes
- Fountains
- Baths
- Private households
- Waste water is used to keep the
sewers clean
- Toilets
- Regulation realting to public health
- Water commissions were
appointed to make sure the
system was working properly
- In times of drought privet supply of water was rationed
- Dead bodies had to be buried outside of the town or city
- Baths were very cheap to use
- Why were they able to have large
public health schemes
- They has a large slave workforce
- The roman empire wanted
public health
- To keep the army healthy
- To keep the population happy
- The empire was wealthy
- The empire was
effciently controlled
they had time to build
public health schemes
(peace)
- How successful was Roman public health
- Some towns and cities were cleaner
places but not all
- This helped to
prevent sickness but
did not stop sickness