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- Title
Regulating filth: cleansing in Scottish towns and cities, 1840–1880.
- Authors
BRUNTON, DEBORAH
- Abstract
Although little explored, regulations – in the form of laws and byelaws – formed an important technique of nineteenth-century government. This article explores the implementation and enforcement of two sets of regulations regarding the keeping and disposal of dirt imposed by Scottish local authorities: one on behaviours around the disposal of domestic refuse, the other on the keeping of dung – a form of property. While behaviours around refuse were more stringently policed than those affecting property, in both cases regulations were not the basis of a strict disciplinary regime, but a means of informing, educating and persuading residents into cleanly habits.
- Subjects
SCOTLAND; URBAN sanitation; PUBLIC health; SANITATION; URBAN planning; PUBLIC spaces; GOVERNMENT policy; HISTORY; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Urban History, 2015, Vol 42, Issue 3, p424
- ISSN
0963-9268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0963926814000765