In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, and graveyards teemed with rotting corpses. The author guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to those who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution, and the forces that opposed them

In Victorian London, filth was everywhere, from horse dung to rotting corpses, and the air choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them. Full of individual stories and overlooked details, it gives fresh insight into the minutiae of daily life and the wider challenges posed by the unprecedented growth of the Victorian capital