Unhealthy environments in Victorian Britain: when air quality began to matter

Janet Greenlees

Unhealthy environments in Victorian Britain: when air quality began to matter

Janet Greenlees

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Abstract

The unhealthy Victorian environment is often considered solely within a context of overcrowded towns and cities, poor sanitation and the Great Stink of London in the summer of 1858, with reforms ascribed to individuals like Edwin Chadwick, John Snow and Joseph Bazalgette. However, the growing interest in environments enabled the sanitary focus to expand to include air quality, both internal and external, although associated reforms were more complicated.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Specialist publication	Modern History Review
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2021

Keywords

environments
pollution
air quality

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General Arts and Humanities

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Greenlees, J. (2021) Unhealthy environments in Victorian Britain when air quality began to matter
© 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited . This is the accepted author manuscript of the paper: Greenlees, J 2021, 'Unhealthy environments in Victorian Britain: when air quality began to matter' Modern History Review. The final published version of the paper is available at: https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/historyreview.
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When the Air Became Important: A Social History of the New England and Lancashire Textile Industries
Greenlees, J., Mar 2019, Rutgers University Press. 264 p. (Critical Issues in Health and Medicine)
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Unhealthy environments in Victorian Britain: when air quality began to matter

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When the Air Became Important: A Social History of the New England and Lancashire Textile Industries

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