very brief overview of health issues at the turn of the century

1. By Hany Kitchener, Sarah
Schusser, Luke Sultana &
Jessica Zuzic

2. Life in the 1900’s
Australia in the early 1900’s was a
very different place compared to
today’s society. Many poor people
lived in crowded, unhygienic
suburbs and caught many
diseases such as typhoid,
smallpox, influenza and cholera.
Unfortunately these people didn’t
have first class access to hospitals
and doctors like we have today,
instead they tried to cure
themselves.

3. The Bubonic Plague
The bubonic plague broke
out in Australia in 1900. The
terrible disease was
brought to Australia by
Chinese and Indian
transport ships. This
disease spread through out
Australia, killing millions of
people. The plague mainly
killed men living in poor
suburbs because they lived
around rats.

4. Infant Mortality
In the 1900’s Australia had a small population and a
low birth rate. Of the one thousand women aged
between 14-44 there were only 117 babies born,
and 87 of those babies died before their first
birthday.

5. Bibliography
Websites:
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/gallery/purging_pestilence_14
http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia?term1=&
Text book:
Retro active 2 second edition: stage 5 Australian
History