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In July and August of 1858, hot weather combined with untreated human waste and industrial pollution to turn the Thames River in London into a disgusting body of water in an event known as "the Great Stink." The increase in population in the city overwhelmed its sewage system, and industries along the waterway dumped the byproducts of their production into the water. Though Londoners at the time believed that the foul stench coming from the river led to epidemics, it was overcrowding and poor sanitation that led to outbreaks of disease like cholera. The political cartoons below were drawn during "the Great Stink."