Illnesses in 1930-1940

Then And Now Questions


1). Did you go to the doctor¡Çs office often when you were young?

1a). No, I only went when I was young because we did not have yearly physicals



2). What were the most terrible diseases when you were young?

2a). Chicken pox, measles, scarlet fever, mumps, pneumonia, and cancer.



3) Did people ever get those sicknesses often?

3a). More than now because they did not have the medicines we have now.



4). Did people die from those diseases because they did not have a cure?

4a). Yes, probably many did.



5). Did they have different kinds of vaccines then they have now?

5a). No, because back then they really did not have vaccines.



6). Which disease were people most scared of and why?


6a). Fluenza because it spread very easily.





7). Was cancer a big thing when you were young like it is now?

7a). Yes, because they did not have the treatments they have now.



Created by Matt

Update: 2003/06/05 23:40:52

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