Cleansing the City : Sanitary Geographies in Victorian London.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (238 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Sanitary City -- 1: The London Sewer -- 2: "Thames Fever" -- 3: A More Expansive Reach -- 4: No Space for the Poor -- 5: Intransigence and Limited Mobility -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870. -- Our mutual friend. Gissing, George, -- 1857-1903. -- Nether world. Hygiene -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. Public health -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. Urban health -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.