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On the Mode of Communication of Cholera · John Snow — chapter 16 of 68 · ~319 words · public domain

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At 10, Castle Street, on 3rd August, the daughter of a labourer, aged 4 years, “cholera 12 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At White Hart Inn Yard, on 3rd August, the wife of a porter, aged 49, “cholera 14 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 22, America Street, on 3rd August, an engine-driver, aged 35, “cholera 9 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 15, Essex Street, on 4th August, a packer, aged 65, “diarrhœa 4 days, cholera 11 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 17, Southwark Square, on 3rd August, the wife of an engineer, aged 31, “diarrhœa 1 day, cholera 3 days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 31, York Place, 5th Aug., the daughter of a labourer, aged 5 yrs. “Asiatic cholera, 11¹⁄₂ hours”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 50, Great Guildford Street, on 4th August, a baker’s shopwoman, aged 21, “Asiatic cholera”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 10, Russell Place, on 5th August, the widow of a steam-boat stoker, aged 38, “diarrhœa 4 weeks, Asiatic cholera 20 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 14, Keppel St., 31st July, the daughter of a cooper, aged 4 years, “Asiatic cholera 12 hours”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 3, Bank End, on 2nd August, a widow of a coach-trimmer, aged 73, “Asiatic cholera 14 hours”

Thames water from tank at Messrs. Barclay & Perkins.

ST. OLAVE, SOUTHWARK. St. Olave.

At St. Thomas’s Hospital (from Grey Eagle Street, Spitalfields), on 27th July, a labourer, aged 32, “rheumatism, cholera 20 hours”. This patient, named John Moull, was admitted with rheumatism on 25th July. Water supply of hospital

Southwark and Vauxhall and pump-wells on the premises.

At 5, Marble Court, July 28, the son of a basket maker, aged 4 years, “malignant cholera 12 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At the same house, July 30, a stonemason’s daughter, aged 2 yrs., “choleraic diarrhœa 2 days”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 3, Gimber’s Rents, July 31, a labourer’s daughter, 13 months, “Asiatic cholera 7 hours”

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