The Great Filth: The War Against Disease in Victorian England by Stephen Halliday

The Great Filth: The War Against Disease in Victorian England

Stephen Halliday

256 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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When Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 London was already the largest metropolis in the world with a population of nearly 2 million, but most of her subjects were still country-dwellers. By the end of the century London had grown sixfold, and 8...

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