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apr 4, 1858 - The Great Stink

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The Great Stink summer of London. During this time, public paying toilets were the latest attraction where people would pay a penny to use it. But cesspools would often overflow and the stench of the untreated sewage that floated in the River Thames was seen as the cause of typhoid in London

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apr 4, 1858
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~ 168 years ago

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