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Beating the bodysnatchers

When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.

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Soil health and dairy farming in the UK

Although healthy soil means more nutritious dairy products, modern intensive farming methods pollute and degrade the environment. However, a regenerative agriculture movement is kicking back against mainstream industrial farming.

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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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  • "Don't just sit there, Fred - get a house renovation grant." : If you need an inside lavoratory, proper bathroom or a hot water supply, see about a free grant at your town hall / Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office.
  • "Don't just sit there, George - get a house renovation grant." : If you need an inside lavoratory, proper bathroom or a hot water supply, see about a free grant at your town hall / Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office.
  • The Grassmarket with Heriot's Hospital in the background, Edinburgh, Scotland. Etching by G. Aikman, 1841, after Storer.
  • Poor sanitary conditions in London in 1862: four scenes. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin, 1862.
  • Poor sanitary conditions in London in 1862: four scenes. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin, 1862.
  • Thames Water: Laboratories leaflet
  • Thames Water: Laboratories leaflet
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  • Report on the cholera outbreak in the Parish of St. James...
  • Report on the cholera outbreak in the Parish of St. James...
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