Miasma theory influenced public health policies by encouraging efforts to eliminate sources of foul-smelling air thought to cause disease. Governments invested in sanitation measures such as street cleaning, waste removal, drainage projects, and sewer construction. Although based on an incorrect theory, these reforms often improved public health by reducing exposure to contaminated water and unsanitary conditions.
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