1388 • Thames River
"Parliament forbids the throwing of filth and garbage into ditches, rivers and waters. City of Cambridge also passes the first urban sanitary laws in England." But these laws do little good.”
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The Parliament House from Old Palace Yard, Drawn by Thos. H. Shepherd Engraved by W. Deeble, 1829, The British Museum
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