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On the Mode of Communication of Cholera · John Snow — chapter 22 of 68 · ~325 words · public domain

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At 2, Finimore’s Court, on 3rd August, a labourer, aged 74, “Asiatic cholera”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 54, Little George St., Aug. 4, son of a labourer, aged 2 yrs., “cholera maligna, 40 hrs”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At the Workhouse, on July 29, the son of a pen-cutter, aged 9 yrs., “Asiatic cholera 19 hours. Died 7 hours after admission.” From 12, Minto Street.

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 25, Maltby Street, July 28, the widow of a solicitor’s clerk, aged 65, “Asiatic cholera”.

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At the Workhouse, on 31st July, a shoemaker, aged 46, “Asiatic cholera 11 hours after admission in state of collapse”. From 99, Russell Street.

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 19, Grange Walk, on 31st July, a blacksmith, aged 21, “cholera 15 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 36, Abbey Street, on 30th July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 2 years, “cholera 3 days, congestion of brain, convulsions 12 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 13, Abbey Street, on 29th July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 2 years, “cholera 56 hours, diarrhœa 2 days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 5, Russell Street, on 1st August, a porter, aged 64, “Asiatic cholera”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At the Workhouse, on 2nd August, a sailor, aged 32, “Asiatic cholera, 21 hours after admission in a state of collapse”. From ship “Malvern”

Most likely Thames water.

At 3, Long Walk, on 30th July, the son of a carpenter, aged 2 years, “cholera 2 days, secondary fever 2 days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 49, Page’s Walk, on 1st August, the wife of a deal-porter, aged 31, “cholera maligna 10 hours, diarrhœa 4 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At the Workhouse, on 2nd August, the daughter of a labourer, aged 7 years, “Asiatic cholera (30 hours) after admission in a state of collapse”. From 7, Chapel Place, Long Lane

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 41, Brunswick Court, on 3rd August, a servant, aged 28, “cholera 48 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

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