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Return of the Great Stink: Scale of raw sewage in London rivers is worse than we thoughtturning ‘healthy rivers into disgusting drains’, and taking us back to the time of the ‘Great Stink’ in 1858 before we had treatment works, he said. Why do these plumbing misconnections ...
As a result of the Great Stink, the government invested in the construction of a new sewerage system for London. This was designed by Joseph Bazalgette. The new system was designed in 1858 and ...
Xand van Tulleken explores the onset of the Great Stink of 1858. In the process, he uncovers how poor sanitation led to cholera outbreaks, he considers Victorian knowledge of disease transmission ...
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