A localized epidemic in the East End…
1864 CE to 1875 CE
A localized epidemic in the East End of London claims five thousand five hundred and ninety-six lives lives in June 1866, just as the city is completing construction of its major sewage and water treatment systems; the East End section is not quite complete.
It is also caused by the city's overcrowding in the East End, which helps the disease to spread more quickly in the area.
Epidemiologist William Farr identifies the East London Water Company as the source of the contamination
Farr makes use of prior work by John Snow and others, pointing to contaminated drinking water as the likely cause of cholera in an 1854 outbreak.
It is also caused by the city's overcrowding in the East End, which helps the disease to spread more quickly in the area.
Epidemiologist William Farr identifies the East London Water Company as the source of the contamination
Farr makes use of prior work by John Snow and others, pointing to contaminated drinking water as the likely cause of cholera in an 1854 outbreak.
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