File:A map taken from a report by Dr. John Snow Wellcome L0072917.jpg

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An 1855 map by John Snow showing number of cholera cases in central London by location.

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A map taken from a report by Dr. John Snow
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A map taken from a report by Dr. John Snow
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A map (p106-107) taken from a report by Dr. John Snow: p. [97]-120 of the "Report on the cholera outbreak in the Parish of St. James, Westminster, during the autumn of 1854", presented to the vestry by the Cholera Inquiry Committee, July 1855

Report on the cholera outbreaks in central London in 1832, 1848-9,1851,1852, 1853 and (specifically) 1854. Much reference is made to a public water pump in Broad Street. Meteorological conditions are given. Information is reported about the population, housing, sanitation, sewerage, cess pools etc. and the water supply in the Soho area

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Keywords: Cholera; Public Health; Water Supply; Sanitation
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