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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory

A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.

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How slums make people sick

A newly gentrified corner of Bermondsey leaves little clue to its less salubrious history. But a few intrepid writers recorded the details of existence in one of London’s most squalid slums.

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Collecting pandemic stories

Find out how personal notebook jottings from two flatmates became ‘Journals of a Pandemic’, a comprehensive diary-keeping project encompassing dozens of writers from a wide variety of backgrounds.

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The stranger who started an epidemic

New Orleans, 1853. James McGuigan arrives in the port city and succumbs to yellow fever.

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  • Sanitation field worker in Lesotho
  • Sanitation: ventilated improved pit latrine
  • Sanitation: mother supervising child washing hands
  • Canine sanitation, dog litter bin
  • Sanitation in India / by J.A. Turner ; with contributions by B.K. Goldsmith [and others].
  • Sanitation in India / by J.A. Turner ; with contributions by B.K. Goldsmith [and others].
  • Sanitation in India / by J.A. Turner ; with contributions by B.K. Goldsmith [and others].
  • Routine immunization schedule for infants in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, 2001.
  • Information sheet on vitamin A in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.
  • Ten lectures on field sanitation / by C.B. Moss-Blundell.
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