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cholera
cholera is a disease which makes you violently sick and experience painful diarrhea. you will fall into a coma and die afterwards.
back to back housing
a form of terraced houses in the united kingdom, built from the late 18th century through to the early 20th century.
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cellar dwellings
these were a one underground-room, damp and poorly ventilated. the poorest people slept on piles of straw because they couldn't afford beds. those urban dwellers who could only afford cellar dwelling lived in the most unfavorable environment ever.
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privvy
privys were two holes next to eachother, which were almost always nearly full (very unhygenic).
charles booth
he tried to determine the causes of poverty and to show the relationship between poverty and depravity on the one hand and regularity of income and a decent way of living on the other hand.
john snow
but it was not until 1854 that the physician john snow (1813-1858) made a major contribution to fighting cholera when he was able to demonstrate a link between cholera and the contaminated drinking water through his pioneering studies. john snow was born in york on 15 march 1813.
sir joseph bazalgette
sir joseph william bazalgette was a civil engineer in the 19th century who built london's first sewer network (still in use today), which helped to wipe out cholera in the capital. he also designed the albert, victoria and chelsea embankments, which housed the sewers, in central london.
edwin chadwick
edwin chadwick was a renowned social reformer and a key proponent of sanitary reform. in 1832 he was appointed to the poor law commission. chadwick was commissioned by the government to undertake an investigation into sanitation and make recommendations on improving conditions.
the great stink
the great stink was an event in central london during july and august 1858 in which the hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated human waste and industrial effluent that was present on the banks of the river thames.
