Stones & Bones: Containing Typhoid in ‘Dear Dirty Dublin’

A digital exhibition created for Dublin City Library & Archive.

Typhoid was a major killer in Edwardian Dublin. Explore our three-part digital exhibition to: (Part One) learn how Dublin’s geography and coastal environment helped typhoid spread, (Part Two) explore what Dublin officials did to contain typhoid – including solutions that backfired, (Part Three) and discover how improved sanitation, housing, and welfare helped reduce typhoid but how climate change and population growth pose new challenges for 21st century planners. Click on Part One below to get started.