Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 27
‘The capital was increasingly blighted by darker, longer visitations of gloom; and doctors were able to collect more and more data on the public…
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Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 8
‘For many Victorians, the capital’s slums were not a source of misery but a profitable little investment.’ Throughout this month, Lee Jackson reveals the…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 7
‘In 1849, the notion of modest females requiring such public conveniences was almost inconceivable; or perhaps Bazalgette merely thought such matters too unseemly to discuss with…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 3
‘The great cholera epidemic of 1831/32 would offer the first proof of the disastrous consequences of mixing water and sewage – and worse would…
Dirty Old London: 30 days of filth: Day 1
Throughout this month, in the run-up to publication of his new book in October, Lee Jackson reveals the background to Dirty Old London: The Victorian…