In 1854, a cholera outbreak in London caused hundreds of deaths within a short period. Physician John Snow investigated the spread of the disease and traced it to a contaminated water pump on Broad ...
A 19th century doctor was able to pinpoint which homes were affected by contaminated water, and link that to cholera deaths in the area. The following is an excerpt from Mapmatics: A Mathematician’s ...
On October 19 an inspector sent north from London to Sunderland reported a long-awaited arrival: the first British case of cholera. It was 1831 and as part of a second pandemic cholera had again ...