Grim Facts of Victorian England!!! #history #victorian #facts

These facts highlight the often grim and unsanitary conditions of Victorian England. Sewage from Cambridge and London polluted rivers, leading to major health crises like the cholera epidemic of 1853 that claimed 11,500 lives. The stench from the Thames was so unbearable in 1858 that Parliament's blinds had to be treated with chemicals. Men were tasked with cleaning the Thames and retrieving dead bodies, sometimes for a reward. The dead were prioritized over the living poor, as seen when St Pancras Station was built; graves were respectfully handled while the homes of the poor were destroyed without compensation.

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