Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Pollution, Sanitation, Public Health, Analytical Chemistry, Publishing, Industry

    Asks the publisher John Murray to publish a 'Hand-book to the Thames' and argues that a 'glance' at the establishments along the banks of the river would 'at once' reveal the contents of the water and 'render any closer analysis superfluous'. Urges the Sanitary Commissioners to go deeper into the problem of Thames water. The illustrations show the disagreeable features of the banks of the Thames, including a cemetry, bone boilers, gas works, and a sewer.