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On the Mode of Communication of Cholera · John Snow — chapter 35 of 68 · ~268 words · public domain

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At Apothecaries’ Row, 5th Aug., the son of a sawyer, aged 10, “cholera 12 hours”

Thames water and pump-well.

WANDSWORTH. Putney.

At Cooper’s Arms Lane, on 5th August, a bricklayer’s labourer, aged 38, “premonitory diarrhœa 9 hours, cholera 15 hours”

Pump-well.

WANDSWORTH. Streatham. No death from cholera.

CAMBERWELL. Dulwich. No death from cholera.

CAMBERWELL. Camberwell.

At 1, Rose Cottages, Waterloo Street, on 23rd July, the daughter of a proctor’s clerk, aged 8 years, “cholera Asiatica 15 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At the same house, on same day, the sister of the above, aged 1 year, “cholera Asiatica 9 hours”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At Garden Cottage, Harris Street, on 22nd July, a carman, aged 49, “cholera 16 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 17, James Street, on 26th February, the daughter of a single woman, aged 14 days, “natural exhaustion from choleraic diarrhœa” (Inquest.)

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Ann’s Place, George Street, on 2nd August, the daughter of a coachman, aged 4 years, “cholera 8 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 9, Martha Street, on 3rd August, a fish-hawker, aged 62, “cholera 24 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 8, Cork Street, on 4th August, the wife of a labourer, aged 33, “cholera 32 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At the Workhouse, on 29th July, a nurse, aged 60 years, “cholera 24 hours”. From 5, Martin’s Road, Peckham

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 57, James Street, on 5th August, the wife of a waiter, aged 33, “cholera 17 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Camberwell House, on 1st August, a male, aged 69 years, “exhaustion from mania 3 months, cholera 24 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

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