Health & Disease

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

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Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

Three myths about the Great Fire of London

No, the fire didn’t stop the plague

Health & Disease
Health & Disease

The Foundling Hospital

A pioneering sanctuary for abandoned children

Health & Disease
Health & Disease

Why is London called the Big Smoke?

Fog, smog and deadly fumes

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Social History
Social History

Bodkin

1750 - 1850

Photography
Photography

A dentist attends to his patient, Woodbury Down (negative)

Grant, Henry

1961-05

Port & River
Port & River

Loose sample of ramie fibre

1900-1935