Health & Disease

Discover how Londoners have faced plagues, pandemics and illness with these objects, stories and blogs.

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Health & Disease
Health & Disease

How Bazalgette built London's first super-sewer

Taming a city’s-worth of sewage

Health & Disease
Health & Disease

Why is London called the Big Smoke?

Fog, smog and deadly fumes

Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

Three myths about the Great Fire of London

No, the fire didn’t stop the plague

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Post-Medieval
Post-Medieval

Coin weight

1500-1599

Port & River
Port & River

Lead fishing weight

1700-1775

Port & River
Port & River

Filature silk sample

1900-1935