Mind The Crap From the Dish
Mind The Crap From the Dish Sally Aldee fell in the Thames and gashed her leg, a prospect that horrified every medical professional she met. She subsequently traced the river's pollution from Victorian times to today: The river – which by the way was both the source of the city’s drinking water and the repository for all its poop – became choleric and pestilent. In the summer of 1858, the fumes became so bad they got a name. The " Great Stink " forced members of Parliament to write the legislation that gave the all-clear to Joseph Bazalgette , London’s chief engineer of public works, to build the two massive interceptor sewers that catch London’s sewage and run-off before they’re belched into the Thames. To this day, these brick and mortar Victorian artifacts comprise the backbone of London’s sewer system. ... http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/12/mind-the-crap.html