How Victorian engineers of South Staffordshire Waterworks brought clean water from Lichfield to the Black Country to eliminate the scourge of cholera which was killing up to 20% of the population.
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History West Midlands Podcast - Cholera and clean water in the Black Country
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Thank you. It is interesting in that history was taught in my day as a timeline of the monarchy and a few other famous people. The great man theory of history as it became to be known as.
Living in industrialised Birmingham, I was always interested in what’s going on underneath all this and how it affects the lives of everyday people.
Clean water and good sanitation certainly had a significant positive impact on life expectancy.