Why did the black death spread easily in towns?

Answer 1

Because people were more closer together in the city, people would have greater risk of 'catching' the Black Death. Alos, the cities were far more dirtier than in the country, so the rats would breed there, as well as the fleas that caused the Black Death

Answer 2

The Black death spread across Europe due to the unsanitary ways people lived back in that time period, the way there disposal system was set up (which consisted of throwing feces out into the streets) and rodents

Answer 3

Towns have higher population density meaning that infected people were in close proximity to healthy people which will spread the disease. Also in towns there are usually more rats and fleas who are vectors for the disease.

Finally when the deaths started building there wasn't enough space for burial and bodies could be left around become fetid and surrounded by fleas (which pass on the disease)

Answer 4

Black death was transmitted through rats. Since there were many ports on the Mediterranean Sea, the infected rats both boarded and left the ships, spreading the disease. In addition, people who were sick or who had died left the ships and came in contact with the general population.

Answer 5

Because Cities were more highly populated, wheres rural area had food resources, water and lesser populated

Answer 6

people thought that it was airborne. Thus they left for a cleaner air.

Answer 7

because the cities had more people than the rural areas, and the cities were trashed everywhere so the rats could access the people easily.

Answer 8

more rats, more fleas than in rural areas

Answer 9

So they would not get sick and die.