In the 19th century, many forms of infection were created due to poor quality of environment, lac of clean water or proper sanitation, poor nutrition and overcrowding in the cities. Also, high levels of the consumption of alcohol and crimes were recorded. (Fukayama 1999). In this period, the challenges of public health were seen as the carelessness of the poor in the society. A Physician named Snow made a hypothesis that people contracted cholera from the water they drank as they thought the outbreaks of disease at the time were spread through the smell in the air. Snow studied people’s habits and practices in order to link the cause of the disease to death rates. Some Victorians recognised the importance of clean water and good sanitation
