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On the Mode of Communication of Cholera · John Snow — chapter 37 of 68 · ~301 words · public domain

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At Binfield House, Windmill Lane, July 28, the son of a labourer, aged 4 years, “cholera 16 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 2, Waterloo Place, Coburg Road, July 31, a girl, aged 3 months, “cholera 20 hours”

Lambeth.

At 1, Oakley Ter., Old Kent Rd., July 29, the wife of an oilman, aged 30, “Asiatic cholera”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At the same house, Aug. 1, the son of an oilman, aged 8 weeks, “cholera maligna 3 days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 6, Brown’s Terrace, Wyndham Road, Aug. 3, the son of a labourer, aged 3 months, “infantile cholera 6 days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 27, Thomas Street, Wyndham Road, Aug. 4, the widow of a labourer, aged 68, “diarrhœa 6 days, cholera 4 days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 7, Rosemary Terrace, Southampton Street, Aug. 5, the son of a labourer, aged 7 years, “Asiatic cholera 15 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 5, Chatham Place, Windmill Lane, August 3rd, a plumber, aged 60, “diarrhœa 2 days, cholera 2 days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 7, Gloucester Pl., Old Kent Rd., Aug. 4, a carman, aged 19, “Asiatic cholera 15 hours”

Lambeth.

ROTHERHITHE. Rotherhithe.

At 2, Albert Place, Union Road, July 8, the wife of a coffee-shopkeeper, aged 32, “cholera 30 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 7, Spread Eagle Court, July 22nd, the wife of a labourer, aged 25, “cholera 12 hours”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 19, Spread Eagle Court, July 24th, the daughter of a labourer, aged 1 year and 9 months, “cholera 20 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 4, John’s Place, July 25th, a blacksmith, aged 41, “cholera 10 hours”

Water pumped from beneath the Thames Tunnel, by the Engine of the Thames Tunnel Company.

At 1, John’s Place, July 27th, the wife of a biscuit baker, aged 45, “cholera 26 hours”

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