Bazalgette's Hero's

A brief overview of London's un-hygienic past and the effects of using rivers and water courses as a means to dispose of effluent. The Thames was a swamp like feature that swept down towards the river Medway and out to sea...Maplin Sands, taking the effluent with it. Sheerness and the Isle of Sheppy have suffered due to the foul water conditions. Joseph Bazalgette solved the problem with his famous sewer design but did he get it right first time? My research provides clues to the problems he encountered and suggests the chosen, and unusual, solution. Why did Arsenal relocate across London?