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Sanitation Collection

Background imageSanitation Collection: David Boswell Reid

David Boswell Reid, M.D, F.R.S.E Doctor and sanitation reformer from Edinburgh, responsible for the ventilation and lighting of the House of Commons in the 1840s

Background imageSanitation Collection: Advert, Davis & Bennett, heavy fireclay urinal stalls

Advert, Davis & Bennett, heavy fireclay urinal stalls
Advert, Westminster Sanitary Works, Davis & Bennett, Heavy Fireclay Urinal Stalls. Date: 1903

Background imageSanitation Collection: Cartoon, Sanitary and insanitary matters

Cartoon, Sanitary and insanitary matters
Larger figure representing the industries surrounding the River Thames like the soup boiling factory where bones were used and the knackers yard where injured animals were taken to be slaughtered

Background imageSanitation Collection: The pumping station at Deptford Creek, 1861

The pumping station at Deptford Creek, 1861
The sewage pumping station at Deptford Creek, designed by civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazelgette. Pictured here under construction in 1861. Date: 1861

Background imageSanitation Collection: Sanitation team clearing refuse, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1

Sanitation team clearing refuse, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1
Sanitation team clearing refuse left by departing troops at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. It was their job to keep the camp clean and hygienic. 1916

Background imageSanitation Collection: Refuse left by departing troops, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1

Refuse left by departing troops, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1
Refuse left by departing troops at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1 -- a sanitation team was given the task of clearing it. 1916

Background imageSanitation Collection: Roman era. Turkey. Ephesus Latrines (public toilets). 1st ce

Roman era. Turkey. Ephesus Latrines (public toilets). 1st century AD

Background imageSanitation Collection: Italy. Pompeii. Public Latrines. Ruins

Italy. Pompeii. Public Latrines. Ruins. Forum

Background imageSanitation Collection: Melly Drinking Fountain

Melly Drinking Fountain
Charles P. Melly stands beside his first drinking fountain in Liverpool, supervising the work of a bricklayer. Date: 1861

Background imageSanitation Collection: Advertisement, Improved Earth Closets and Commodes

Advertisement, Improved Earth Closets and Commodes
Advertisement, O Brien, Thomas, & Co, Upper Thames Street, London -- Improved Earth Closets and Commodes (Toilets). 1898

Background imageSanitation Collection: Advertisement, Twycliffe Patent Pedestal Syphon Toilet

Advertisement, Twycliffe Patent Pedestal Syphon Toilet
Advertisement, Twyfords Ltd, Cliffe Vale Potteries, Hanley -- Twycliffe Patent Pedestal Syphon WC Basin Toilet. 1896

Background imageSanitation Collection: Cheer O! Christmas, 1918 Christmas card

Cheer O! Christmas, 1918 Christmas card
Cheer O! Christmas, 1918. Christmas card for Section Sanitaire No. 58. English School. Date: 1918

Background imageSanitation Collection: Washing in East Indies

Washing in East Indies
Washing day in Java, Dutch East Indies. Date: 1930s

Background imageSanitation Collection: Sanitas - destroys all disease germs

Sanitas - destroys all disease germs
An advertisement for Sanitas brand disinfectant fluid, as recommended by medical journal The Lancet. Hygiea, Greek goddess of health

Background imageSanitation Collection: The Metropolitan Sanitary Association Dinner, at Soyers Sy

The Metropolitan Sanitary Association Dinner, at Soyers Sy
The first public festival held by the Metropolitan Sanitary Association in 1851. With thousands of deaths from diseases such as cholera

Background imageSanitation Collection: Faulty Sanitation Plan

Faulty Sanitation Plan
A plan of a house with every sanitary arrangement faulty


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