Sanitary Ramblings: Being Sketches and Illustrations of Bethnal Green1848 |
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... feet high . SUFFOLK - ST . , & c , 6. - The roadway of this street is in the most deplorably filthy condition ... feet high , and seven feet by eight in width . Nearly the whole space was taken up with the bed and a few articles of ...
... feet high . SUFFOLK - ST . , & c , 6. - The roadway of this street is in the most deplorably filthy condition ... feet high , and seven feet by eight in width . Nearly the whole space was taken up with the bed and a few articles of ...
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... feet , and are about 140 feet in depth . With the exception of a small space in front , and on either side , the whole of the area is filled with every variety of manure in every stage of offensive and disgusting decomposition ; the ...
... feet , and are about 140 feet in depth . With the exception of a small space in front , and on either side , the whole of the area is filled with every variety of manure in every stage of offensive and disgusting decomposition ; the ...
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... feet by 6 feet , and 9 feet high . The bed and furniture filled no inconsiderable portion of the room ; the children had low fever . The house contains two rooms on the ground floor , and a work - room above ; another family occupied ...
... feet by 6 feet , and 9 feet high . The bed and furniture filled no inconsiderable portion of the room ; the children had low fever . The house contains two rooms on the ground floor , and a work - room above ; another family occupied ...
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... feet long . On the other side are three very small yards ; these are connected with four houses . These houses , better termed sheds , consist of one room ; they are barely seven feet high in the roof , and are eight feet deep by twelve ...
... feet long . On the other side are three very small yards ; these are connected with four houses . These houses , better termed sheds , consist of one room ; they are barely seven feet high in the roof , and are eight feet deep by twelve ...
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... feet by nine , to a large dog - kennel ; they are very rarely higher than seven feet . At the entrance to these gardens there is a cow - shed ; there are also in the gardens pig - styes , the refuse from which is dug into the gardens ...
... feet by nine , to a large dog - kennel ; they are very rarely higher than seven feet . At the entrance to these gardens there is a cow - shed ; there are also in the gardens pig - styes , the refuse from which is dug into the gardens ...
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Sanitary Ramblings: Being Sketches and Illustrations of Bethnal Green, a ... Hector Gavin Повний перегляд - 1848 |
Sanitary Ramblings, Being Sketches and Illustrations of Bethnal Green: A ... Hector Gavin Перегляд фрагмента - 1971 |
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Сторінка 28 - Along the centre of the street is an open, sunk gutter, in which filth of every kind is allowed to accumulate and putrefy. A mud-bank on each side commonly keeps the contents of this gutter in their situation ; but sometimes, and especially in wet weather, the gutter overflows; its contents are poured into the neighbouring houses, and the street is rendered nearly impassable. The privies are close upon the footpatli of the street, being separated from it only by a parting of wood.
Сторінка 28 - A mud-bank on each side commonly keeps the contents of this gutter in their situation ; but sometimes, and especially in wet weather, the gutter overflows ; its contents are poured into the neighbouring houses, and the street is rendered nearly impassable The street is wholly without drainage of any kind. Fever constantly breaks out in it...
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