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On the Mode of Communication of Cholera · John Snow — chapter 20 of 68 · ~307 words · public domain

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Thames water, by dipping a pail.

At 6, Perseverance Court, on 28th July, the wife of a hawker, aged 30, “cholera 24 hours, no premonitory symptoms”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 8, Foxlow Street, on 29th July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 18 years, “diarrhœa some days, cholera 13 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 14, Gedling Terrace, Aug. 2, a carman’s daughter, aged 2 years, “cholera maligna 4 days”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 22, George Row, August 3, a stonemason, aged 30, “cholera maligna 10 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Bermondsey Wall, on 3rd August, the wife of a publican, aged 34, “Asiatic cholera 19 hours”

Thames water, by dipping a pail.

At 6, Pleasant Row, on 3rd August, the daughter of a currier deceased, aged 5 years, “Asiatic cholera 7 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 3, Parker’s Terrace, on 3rd August, the son of an oil-cooper, aged 1 year, “diarrhœa 10 days, cholera 2 days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 36, Ernest Street, on 4th August, the wife of an engineer, aged 37, “premonitory diarrhœa 24 hours, cholera 41 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 1, Bermondsey Wall, on 4th August, the son of a mariner, aged 2 years, “diarrhœa 10 days, cholera 2 days”

Thames water, by dipping a pail.

At 5, George Row, Aug. 2, the son of a lighterman, aged 3 yrs., “choleraic diarrhœa 3¹⁄₂ days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Water Lane, on 29th July, a domestic servant, aged 23, “cholera 10¹⁄₂ hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 16, Marine Street, on 30th July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 9 yrs., “cholera 11 hrs.”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 8, Printer’s Place, July 30, the widow of a publican, aged 70, “Asiatic cholera 15 hours”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 4, Green Walk, on Aug. 1, the wife of a hoop-bender, aged 47, “Asiatic cholera 7 days”

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