GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Why did diseases such as typhus and cholera spread quickly through densely populated urban areas?
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People’s nutrition was poor
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Overcrowding caused sewage cesspools to overflow, polluting drinking water
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People didn’t believe in vaccines
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Migration, unhygienic living conditions, overcrowding, open field defecation, and ignorance about the spread of disease are the major reasons for the occurrence of cholera in the slum areas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Typhoid fever (TF) and cholera are potentially life-threatening infectious diseases, and are mainly transmitted through the consumption of food, drink or water that have been contaminated by the feces or urine of subjects excreting the pathogen.
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