Developed in collaboration with Historic England, these downloadable classroom resources cover the following topics related to disease and death in 19th-century Britain:
Discover what it was like to live in Britain’s towns and cities during the industrial revolution.
Learn how poor living conditions impacted on people’s health.
Learn about one of the deadliest diseases of the 19th century.
Find out what actions the government took to try to improve public health.
The story of how cholera first came to Gateshead.
