As Britain was the first country to industrialize , it was also the first to experience the disastrous consequences of major urbanisation .
Was the first to construct a sewerage system as we know it today to mitigate the resultant unsanitary conditions .
As Britain was the first country to industrialize , it was also the first to experience the disastrous consequences of major urbanisation and was the first to construct a sewerage system as we know it today to mitigate the resultant unsanitary conditions .