The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894
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SANITATION CRISIS

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London Bridge. Museum of London. 1900.
"It's easy to forget that there was a time... when traffic was even more congested than today, and pollution from horse droppings and industrialisation meant that 19th century London was a filthy city almost at a standstill."
          -The Old London Underground Co., 2011

Sanitation problems arose in the 1890s as diseases, carried by horse manure and carcasses left in city streets, increased. Parasites, typhoid, and salmonella were common. As a result of the Great Horse Manure Crisis, many sanitation policies were implemented that are still enforced today. 



"Overcrowded and unsanitary conditions lead to diseases that are contagious.  Diseases that arise may involve external and internal parasites, fungal, bacterial and viral infections."
                            -Interview with Lindsay Helvey, DVM


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