Epidemics - Sewer water in Silver Street, London in 1854

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London, 1855

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This drawing is taken from the Appendix to the report of the Committee for scientific inquiries in relation to the cholera epidemic of 1854. It was during this epidemic that Dr John Snow established that cholera was a water-borne disease, through analysing cholera deaths and linking them to one water pump in Broad Street in Soho, central London. Silver Street is close to Broad Street.

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Sewer water in Silver Street, London in 1854

London, 1855

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