Claim: A London Times editorial published in 1854 read, "We prefer to take our chance with cholera and the rest than be bullied into health. There is nothing a man hates so much as being cleansed against his will, or having his floors swept, his walls whitewashed, his pet dung heaps cleared away, or his thatch forced to give way to slate, all at the command of a sort of sanitary bombailiff."
Fact-check: Did London Times Editorialize Against Being 'Bullied into Health' in 1800s?
Verdict: correct attribution
Organisation: Snopes
Author: David Emery
Date published: 2023-01-15T17:00:01