Fully illustrated throughout, this title shows how disease in Britain was an ever-present menace in Victorian streets, especially in overcrowded areas, how in 1849 a devastating outbreak of cholera struck central London, and how drought and sewage in the River Thames caused the appalling 'Great Stink'.
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