How many people tried to cure the Black Death?
Nobody knew the cause, in fact it was probably spread by fleas on rats. The blame went from ‘miasma’ to beggars, lepers, pilgrims and the Jewish race who suffered least as they didn’t use water from public places. The Great Fire of London in 1666 killed a lot of rats, burned down a lot of squalid dwellings. New buildings were more spacious and brick built. New clean water supplies replaced the old infected ones and it is said a different species of rat that did not carry the same species of flea came into Europe. The Black Death still exists today in places like Mongolia but can now be treated with antibiotics. Look it all up on google!
