Tag: auld reekie

• Cleaning Up Auld Reekie: Dr Henry Littlejohn and the Public Health of Edinburgh

  

  Edinburgh has historically been known as ‘Auld Reekie,’ owing to the fact that for most of its existence it smelled awful. Ailsa Fraser explores how Dr Henry Littlejohn, the city’s first Medical Officer, helped to clean up the city.

  Retrospect Journal

  13/04/2025

  Academic

  auld reekie, Edinburgh, History, Nineteenth Century, Scotland, Scottish History