Health in Thames Ditton
From Dittopedia
Three Thames Ditton victims of the Plague were buried in November 1665. Smallpox outbreaks occurred in the village from 1734 to 1757. [1]
Bad water was regularly one of the greatest hazards. Cholera hit the village in the middle of the 19th century. An Act of 1856 required all London's water supplies to be drawn from above Teddington Lock. This quickly brought the waterworks to Surbiton. [1]
In the Victorian period, Dr CF Watts, who lived at Copper Hall, was so popular that George Lane/Road was renamed Watts Road. [2]
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References
- 1. Burchett, P. 1984. A Historical Sketch of THAMES DITTON. Surrey: Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents' Association. ISBN 0-904-81120-4.
Categories: Hanoverian | Victorian | 1665 | 1856
