I think this would have worked because it would let people know who had the plague, so that they could avoid falling ill themselves. A law was made, saying that once someone was ill with the plague they were to stay in their house. Anyone who happened to live in the same house as the unfortunate soul was also locked in, with fear that they could spread the disease...
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Beggars were not allowed to wonder the streets at anytime, and were executed immediately for doing so without a given reason. All of these, although sensible ideas (apart from the execution..) would not contribute towards public health, as the disease was not contagious in the human community. It was in fact passed on from fleas living on black rats, but this knowledge had not yet been developed...
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The Black Plague This Bacteria was transmitted by fleas that bit infected rats and then bit humans. Humans could also contact the disease by breathing in the secretions of those they were taking care of when they were ill...	2 / 398
Bubonic Plague Parts of Africa, Asia, and South America are the most prevalent places. In the 1300’s the life expectancy of someone with the plague was one week ("Plague”)...	2 / 481
Bubonic Plague It is very hard to believe that any community or country could restore itself after this sort of population loss. Some Christian communities believed the plague was God's way of punishing or "weeding out" the sinners...	3 / 576
The Plague In the 1330 a deadly plague occurred in China. Since China was one of the busiest of the largest Trading countries at the time, it was only a matter of time before the Plague in China spread to Europe...	1 / 251