This evening, I chaired The Water Conservators’ 3rd Monthly Webinar in our ongoing series.
Entitled “Victorian London’s Health Crisis – The Cholera
Epidemics and Their Resolution“, we were treated to a fascinating
presentation by Master Elect Rob Casey of the various cholera epidemics in
London in the nineteenth century, and how eventually they were controlled by
the various initiatives undertaken by Edwin Chadwick, Dr John Snow and
Bazalgette, to name but three of the enlightened individuals of the Victorian
era who rose to the challenge.
Rob Casey illustrated his presentation with some wonderful
slides, including a number of amusing contemporary cartoons.
The talk was followed by a wide ranging and lively Q and A
session from the 81 participants in the Webinar.