Punch Cartoon from 1858,during the Great Stink in London,depicting the Thames as the River Styx. In the summer of 1858 all the sewage and waste of a population numbering roughly 2 million people spilled into the river directly from the city drains or from urban tributaries and,in the heat and drought of that summer,it formed a slow-moving brown sludge that gave off a choking stench. The smell of raw sewage and rotting waste grew so intense that Parliament had to close and for authorities,who had decided that cholera was a stink-borne disease,the time had come to do something | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / New York Public Library |
Bildgröße: | 3324 px × 3612 px |
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