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On contagion
Reading descriptions of the way humans become infested by parasitic flatworms, Daisy Lafarge experienced painful physical symptoms. Perhaps the very creature she was studying had invaded her body.
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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.
Catalogue
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Working class dwellings.
London County Council.Date: 1897- Books
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The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales".
Allan, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1929.Date: 1890- Digital Images
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Dwellings for the Working Classes, Peabody Square, Shadwell.
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Cottage building, or, Hints for improving the dwellings of the working classes and the labouring poor / by C. Bruce Allen ; with notes and additions by John Weale and other authors.
Allen, C. Bruce (Charles Bruce)Date: 1880- Books
Improved dwellings for the working classes / by Mr. Fred. Chancellor.
Chancellor, Frederic.Date: 1877