What piece of infrastructure was built in London in response to three outbreaks of cholera?
a. Telegraph lines to report outbreaks c. Sewers to get rid of waste water
b. Ports to quarantine the sick d. Ports to bring in more shipments of medicine
ANS: C
Sewers were built to clean up England following three outbreaks of cholera between 1831 and 1866 that caused the death rate by starvation or disease to rise by a third and left England on the verge of anarchy.
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