Sewers & sanitation, dwellings & disease, in 1880s Hong Kong

Colourful maps and sketches, and rare views inside Hong Kong’s early tenement housing are bonuses in Mr Chadwick’s report on ‘the Sanitary Condition of Hong Kong’. We’ll take a look at all of the above, explore the old night-soil collections, and see where Chadwick stood in the 19th-century revolution in our understanding of disease. Links mentioned in the video: View Chadwick’s report online: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/... Buy the Chinese translation of Gwulo’s first book: https://www.chunghwabookstore.com/pro... The copy of Chadwick’s report I used to create this video is held in the UK’s National Archives, their reference CO 882/4/15: https://discovery.nationalarchives.go...