Albion Hill, Newton Abbot
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Albion Hill, Newton Abbot
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 7 Jul 2013
Steep streets of working-class terraced housing sit below the villas on Wolborough Hill. This physical arrangement has its roots in the belief, prevalent for much of the 19th century, that diseases such as cholera and typhoid were spread by foul air. Those who could afford to built their houses in elevated locations where the air was fresher and the only sanitation was downhill to the nearest watercourse. Although it was demonstrated in the 1850s that cholera and typhoid were water-borne diseases the understanding took years to gain sufficient acceptance to prompt the widespread provision of sewers and sewage treatment.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.527976
Longitude
-3.604925