excluding the sewers, what public health reforms were put in place in Victorian London, and why did London resist change?
Answer Hello Mandy. The main problems facing London during the 19th century were those of the previous century; overcrowding and disease brought about by insanitary conditions. To add to the diseases of the 18th century there was the greatest threat of them all; cholera which arrived in London in 1832 with further epidemics up to the 1860s. The sewerage system you mentioned was the most important benefit felt by Londoners both in terms of clean water and hindering the spread of water borne diseases. Housing was the other problem. Many small back-to-back houses were built for the increasing numbers of the working class, but these brought their own health problems. Efforts were made to improve workers housing. By 1900 80,000 people were living in houses built or owned by improvement trusts, but that was only a tiny proportion of a population of nearly 7 million. Little was done to reduce pollution as it was seen as an unfortunate and unavoidable consequence of industry in which GB was th
