S1E2:Saving the Nation's Health
How the Victorians Built Britain
8 Sep 201843 minTV-14
Michael Buerk reveals how the Victorian era transformed the health of Great Britain. The creation of an extensive sewer system provided fresh, clean water for all, suppressing diseases such as cholera. This revolution began in Liverpool, which suffered the highest mortality rates in the country. But it took the ‘Great Stink of 1858’ to convince Parliament to create a sewer system for the capital.
