Question

The passage suggests which of the following about sanitary conditions in Britain after the Crimean War?

• A. While not ideal, they were superior to those in other parts of the world.
• B. Compared with conditions before the war, they had deteriorated.
• C. They were more advanced in rural areas than in the urban centers.
• D. They were worse in military camps than in the neighboring civilian populations.
• E. They were uniformly crude and unsatisfactory throughout England.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

They were worse in military camps than in the neighboring civilian populations.

In the second paragraph, Nightingale’s efforts to reform sanitary conditions in Britain are illustrated by her response to the death rate among enlisted men in British barracks, which is described as unusually high relative to that of neighboring civilian populations. From this it can be inferred that sanitary conditions in the barracks were worse than in these civilian populations.