Comments on: urban water problems in the 1800s?

By: dirk_vermaelen

dirk_vermaelen — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:59 +0000

To bad it has to be about the USA, since London (UK) has an interesting story about this: The Great Stench.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4152023.ece
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By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:37:59 +0000

I researched 19th century sanitation and found the following links: some mention all aspects of sanitation, including water, while the last one begins its discussion with water sources and changes in the 19th century.
References :
Filthy dirty : a social history of unsanitary Philadelphia in the late nineteenth century, by Sam Alewitz, New York: Garland Pub., 1989

http://campus.udayton.edu/~hst-102/VIKIPAGE.HTM

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741500824_5/United_States_People.html (especially check C2 that talks about switching from rain barrels to central water systems)

http://www.fromsitetostory.org/sources/papers/tcmsanitation/tcmsanitation.asp

By: Snooty_Fox

Snooty_Fox — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:52:59 +0000

Typhoid and Cholera ran ride through water systems, try these links for more info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterborne_diseases

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/a/typhoidmary.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_epidemic_of_1831

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