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Around 1854. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outb... Which about ten

by chiph 10y ago

Around 1854. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outb... Which about ten years later resulted in the Victorians building over 100 miles of sewers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_sewerage_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_sewerage_system

CodeCube 10y ago
that's only 163 years ago ... that is distressingly recent
- ralfd 10y ago
  New York was even later. Paris though began to built sewers in the middle ages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_sewers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_sewers
Pica_soO 10y ago
You know something, Jon Snow! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLpzHHbFrHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLpzHHbFrHY