The part played by the public health movement in controlling epidemics in urban areas has received considerable attention from historians, as has the regulation of the milk and meat industries that commenced in the late nineteenth century. However, comparatively little work has been carried out on health in a rural context – and the role played by the horticultural sector in the spread of contagious diseases has barely been covered. Yet, as this article shows, it was a sector that had the potential to produce potent contaminants. By examining histories of the production of one horticultural crop, watercress, it reveals how issues around the provision of a clean urban water supply and idealised imaginings of the countryside as a pure space, played a part in exacerbating the extent of outbreaks of typhoid in the industrial city. It also shows that there was governmental reluctance to regulate an industry that grew a staple product, even when growers themselves were keen for guidance.

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控制传染？豆瓣菜、监管和 1903 年哈克尼伤寒暴发

公共卫生运动在控制城市地区流行病方面发挥的作用受到了历史学家的极大关注，19 世纪后期开始对牛奶和肉类行业的监管也是如此。然而，在农村环境中开展的健康工作相对较少——园艺部门在传染病传播中所起的作用几乎没有被提及。然而，正如本文所示，这是一个有可能产生强污染物的部门。通过研究一种园艺作物豆瓣菜的生产历史，它揭示了围绕提供清洁的城市供水和将农村理想化为纯净空间的问题如何在加剧伤寒爆发的程度方面发挥了作用。工业城市。