SANITATION CRISIS
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.
-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.