Punch,  18 (1850), [xviii].

Sanitary and Insanitary Measures

Anon

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

R D, pseud.  [Richard Doyle] *



[Pictorial Border]

Subjects:

Sanitation, Pollution, Disease, Public Health, Government


    Shows various aspects of London's burgeoning sanitation problems: Father Thames pouring dirty water into his river, smoke-belching factories lining the river, Thames vessel passengers holding their noses, sewer inspectors gauging the filth, and the dead cats and other animals floating in the depths of the river.




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