Stories
- Article
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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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Descriptive Catalogue of Sections: House Drainage
Date: 1912-1925Reference: SA/RSP/A/4/4/6Part of: Royal Society for Public Health and predecessors- Archives and manuscripts
Euston Centre. Block I. Basement Plan. Drainage and water Services at High Level.
Date: 1965Reference: WF/CA/P/17/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Cast-iron house drainage : with especial reference to the drainage of town houses / by Gerard J. G. Jensen.
Jensen, Gerard J. G.Date: 1908- Books
Domestic sanitation and house drainage / by Henry C. Adams.
Adams, Henry C. (Henry Charles), 1873-Date: [1923]- Books
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A report on the drainage of Hammersmith / By Mr. Lovick and Mr. Donaldson, Assistant Surveyors. March, 1849.
Lovick, Thomas (Surveyor)Date: [1849]