Stories
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Blood money: Taking periods out of poverty
Periods are not a wound that needs to heal, nor is the blood a sign of injury. So why are we still so repelled by them?
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Bloody capitalism and the cash flow of the menstrual cycle
Once they thrived on taboos and shame. Now period-product manufacturers are finding new ways to flourish in this era of period activism – but products aren’t the end of the story.
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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
Catalogue
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Sanitary fittings and their construction / by W.E. Bland ..., Lecturer on Sanitary Science, Durham College of Science, Newcastle.
Bland, W. EDate: 1897- Books
Sanitary building construction : lecture to sanitary officers / by Keith D. Young.
Young, Keith D.Date: 1894
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Sanitary assurance : a lecture at the London Institution / by F. de Chaumont.
De Chaumont, Francis, 1833-1888.Date: 1881- Journals
Sanitary inspectors journal.
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Sanitary Economy.
Date: [1860]