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On the Mode of Communication of Cholera · John Snow — chapter 34 of 68 · ~320 words · public domain

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Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Nine Elms, on 26th July, the widow of a cooper, aged 79, “cholera 18 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Albert Villas, on 27th July, the son of a clerk in the Customs, aged 2 years, “premonitory diarrhœa a month, Asiatic cholera 16 hours, consecutive fever 30 hours, convulsions 2 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Lavender Hill, on 25th July, the wife of a gentleman, aged 46, “premonitory diarrhœa 20 hours, cholera 16 hours”

Pump-well.

At 25, Little Europa Place, on 30th July, the wife of a gardener, aged 50 years, “Asiatic cholera 33 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At York Road, on 31st July, the daughter of a gardener, aged 12 years, premonitory diarrhœa neglected 8 hours, “Asiatic cholera, 11 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 18, York Street, Battersea Fields, on 29th July, the son of a boiler-maker, aged 1 year and 7 months, “cholera 10 hours”

Thames water supplied by a cart.

At Canterbury Place, York Road, on 2nd August, the wife of a bricklayer, aged 35, “diarrhœa unattended 2 days, Asiatic cholera 12 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 33, Little Europa Place, on 2nd August, a labourer, aged 48, “premonitory diarrhœa 4 hours, cholera 16 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Falcon Lane, on 3rd August, the daughter of a chemist deceased, aged 14 years, “premonitory diarrhœa 4 hours, cholera 24 hours”

Water from a ditch into which the cesspools empty themselves.

At Lavender Road, on 3rd August, a clockmaker, aged 47, “Asiatic cholera”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At York Road, August 4, the daughter of a gardener, aged 21, “cholera maligna 11 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 30, Ægis Terrace, Battersea Fields, on 2nd August, the son of a horse-dealer, aged 12 years, “cholera 15 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

WANDSWORTH. Wandsworth.

At Armoury Yard, on 3rd August, the daughter of a labourer, aged 4 years, “measles 6 days, cholera 6 hours”

Thames water fetched in pails.

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