Daily Record of Sewage, Crossness, 1 Feb 1953. The day of the Great Flood, in which Belvedere & Erith were flooded. Courtesy Thames Water and Crossness Engines Trust Archive.

Flooding at the British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd Erith Works and environs, Erith, 1953. Britain from Above.

Rats roaming the sewers, some of them dying, heralding the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-. Wellcome Collection.