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Bath Act
Law that required all buildings in the town, Bath, to have down pipes in which brought water from the roof to the ground to reduce flooding. Flooding would bring waste to be carried everywhere. -
Tuberculosis
Killed one-third of everyone who died between years 1800-1850. -
Exploring Paris's Sewers
Bruneseau explored Paris's non-mapped sewers to hopefully restore them. -
King Cholera
Britain had an outbreak of this disease because sewage was coming in contact with drinking water. -
The Sewer System
London was the first to create a sewer system. Also, they regulated sewage. -
Cleaning London's Sewers Misshap
A man named Edwin Chadwick was convinced that bad smells were a result of disease in the air, and convinced the authorities of London to clean their sewers. In doing so, they dumped all the waste into River Thames, London's main source of water. As a result, 15,000 London residents died from Cholera. -
Diseases Spread
Garbage and waste was sitting on the streets and would slowly make it's way into city's water, and spread disease. -
Metropolis Water Act
Made companies move their water intakes upstream making the water easier to transport. Also, made them watch their water storage and cleaning of water. This improved drinking water but there was still a lot of left over garbage. -
Drainage System
A fully functional drainage system was made by Joseph Bazalgette, and took over 16 years to come up with the concept and complete it. -
Major Air Pollution
A thick smog covered all cities due to air pollution from factories. In London alone, there were about 4000 people who died from suffocation.
