Washer Wilkinson and Dr Duncan Are Leading the Clean-Up ; Nicola Ryan, Jessica Powell, Lucy Mclntyre and Laura Meaco Take a Trip Back in Time to Report How Sewage and Squalor Hit Overcrowded Liverpool Homes in the 1800s

Liverpool Echo › August 21, 2007

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WE have just visited the Scotland Road area of Everton and were horrified by what we saw (in the cholera outbreak of 1849, 2,000 of the 5,000 recorded cholera deaths were in the Vauxhall and Scotland Road area).

The residents living there are literally sick and tired of living this way.

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Washer Wilkinson and Dr Duncan Are Leading the Clean-Up ; Nicola Ryan, Jessica Powell, Lucy Mclntyre and Laura Meaco Take a Trip Back in Time to Report How Sewage and Squalor Hit Overcrowded Liverpool Homes in the 1800s

We met one family who revealed a shocking incident that occurred recently. Their water had an odd taste.

When investigated,...

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