The Great Stink of 1858

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Lindsay and Madison discuss The Great Stink of 1858, as well as why dumping literal shit in the river is never a good idea, that cholera is no joke, and how costly proper sanitation can be, even in the 19th Century.

Information pulled from the following sources:

• 2017 All That’s Interesting article by John Kuroski

• 2016 The Guardian article by Emily Mann

• CDC

• Cholera and the Thames by Johanna Lemon

• Gustavus Adolphus College student site by Jessica Richert

• Historic England

• Historic UK article by Miriam Bibby

• Joliet Public Schools article by Allison Friedman 

• Wikipedia

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