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Southwark & Vauxhall.

At York Street, near Swan Lane, on 3rd August, a carpenter, aged 38, “cholera 8 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 8, Norfolk Place, August 4, the son of a labourer, aged 5 years, “cholera 8 hours”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 16, Charlotte Row, Aug. 3, the wife of a waterman, aged 57, “cholera 20 hours”

Tidal ditch.

At 3, Plough Bridge, Aug. 3, the daughter of a warehouseman, aged 12, “Asiatic cholera 12 hours”

Surrey Canal.

At 53, Clarence Street, Aug. 4, the wife of a labourer, aged 48, “cholera 14 hours”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At York St., near Swan Lane, Aug. 5, the son of a carpenter, aged 1 year, “cholera 3 days”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 9, New St., Neptune St., Aug. 5, the wife of a brushmaker, aged 57, “cholera 3 days”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

LEWISHAM. Sydenham.—No death from cholera.

THE END.

T. RICHARDS, 37 GREAT QUEEN STREET.

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Footnote 1:

Report on the Epidemic Cholera, 1824, p. 5.

Footnote 2:

On the Infectious Origin and Propagation of Cholera.

Footnote 3:

See “London Journal of Medicine,” May, 1849.

Footnote 4:

London Journal of Medicine, loc. cit.

Footnote 5:

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