Picture No | 10027900 |
Date | 1858 |
Description | Cartoon, Father Thames Introducing ... Offspring (diseases) |
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Cartoon, Father Thames Introducing His Offspring to the Fair City of London: their names are diphtheria, scrofula and cholera. The pollution of the River Thames was a serious issue at the time.
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Source | Cartoon by John Leech in Punch, 3 July 1858, p269 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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