Comhroinn Fuaime

Yet even with all these reforms… Victorian London’s relationship with filth remained strangely complicated. Because cleanliness, for many Victorians, was often more about appearance than reality. A polished front step… A neatly dressed gentleman… A spotless drawing room… These outward signs mattered deeply. But beneath the floorboards… Behind the walls… And under the streets— The hidden infrastructure of the city remained chaotic. Many middle-class homes proudly installed early bathro