CHAPTER 1 The Great Stink Timeline Ancient Toilets a CONTENTS CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 6 The Collapse of Sanitation Flushing Gains Popularity Sewer Systems The Politics of Toilets Excuse Me Where's the Toilet 68 The Modern Science of Toilets 78 The Great Stink Revisited 88 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 ESSENTIAL FACTS 100 GLOSSARY 102 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 104 SOURCE NOTES 106 INDEX 110 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 112
CHAPTER 1 THE GREAT STINK In In the mid 1800s cities around the world were growing rapidly More and more people moved from rural agricultural areas into urban ones because the cities promised jobs In London United Kingdom for example the population exploded from approximately 500 000 residents in 1700 to 2 5 million in 1850 making it the largest city in the world at the time Cities were bustling places and cultural centers The Industrial Revolution 1760 1840 brought innovations in science industry and trade There were markets parks shops and factories People were able to
A cartoon from 1849 depicts London's polluted river as Dirty Father
