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On the Mode of Communication of Cholera

by John Snow

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Bermondsey. St. James

On board the ship “Ouse”, off Bermondsey, July 9, a mariner, aged 50, “cholera 16 hours”

Most likely Thames water.

At 5, Gibson’s Cottages, on 18th July, the son of a chair-marker, aged 5 years, “choleraic diarrhœa 2 days, collapse 1 day”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 4, Bermondsey Wall, on 23rd July, the daughter of a bookseller, aged 4 years, “cholera 9 hours”

Thames water, by dipping a pail in the river.

At 4, Bermondsey Wall, July 24, a sawyer’s daughter, aged 3 yrs., “cholera 20 hours”

Thames water, by dipping a pail.

At 9, Pleasant Row, July 25th, the wife of a labourer, aged 55, “chronic disease of liver 2 years, choleraic diarrhœa 16 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 10, Marine Street, on 24th July, a mate, mariner, aged 34, “Asiatic cholera 101 hours, after choleraic diarrhœa 16¹⁄₂ hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 10, Marine Street, on 24th July, a mariner, aged 27, “Asiatic cholera 13 hours, after premonitory diarrhœa 2¹⁄₂ hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 4, Bermondsey Wall, July 27, a sawyer, aged 62, “cholera 32 hours”

Thames water, by dipping a pail.

At 6, Perseverance Court, on 28th July, the wife of a hawker, aged 30, “cholera 24 hours, no premonitory symptoms”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 8, Foxlow Street, on 29th July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 18 years, “diarrhœa some days, cholera 13 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 14, Gedling Terrace, Aug. 2, a carman’s daughter, aged 2 years, “cholera maligna 4 days”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 22, George Row, August 3, a stonemason, aged 30, “cholera maligna 10 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Bermondsey Wall, on 3rd August, the wife of a publican, aged 34, “Asiatic cholera 19 hours”

Thames water, by dipping a pail.

At 6, Pleasant Row, on 3rd August, the daughter of a currier deceased, aged 5 years, “Asiatic cholera 7 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 3, Parker’s Terrace, on 3rd August, the son of an oil-cooper, aged 1 year, “diarrhœa 10 days, cholera 2 days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 36, Ernest Street, on 4th August, the wife of an engineer, aged 37, “premonitory diarrhœa 24 hours, cholera 41 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 1, Bermondsey Wall, on 4th August, the son of a mariner, aged 2 years, “diarrhœa 10 days, cholera 2 days”

Thames water, by dipping a pail.

At 5, George Row, Aug. 2, the son of a lighterman, aged 3 yrs., “choleraic diarrhœa 3¹⁄₂ days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Water Lane, on 29th July, a domestic servant, aged 23, “cholera 10¹⁄₂ hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 16, Marine Street, on 30th July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 9 yrs., “cholera 11 hrs.”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 8, Printer’s Place, July 30, the widow of a publican, aged 70, “Asiatic cholera 15 hours”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

At 4, Green Walk, on Aug. 1, the wife of a hoop-bender, aged 47, “Asiatic cholera 7 days”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 5, John Place, on 1st August, a leather-dresser, aged 54, “Asiatic cholera 22 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 16, Marine Street, on 2nd August, the wife of a labourer, aged 51, “cholera 30 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 2, Metcalf Court, on 1st August, the son of a labourer, aged 2 years and 6 months, “measles 14 days, diarrhœa 1 week, cholera 2 days”

Beg Southwark and Vauxhall water from neighbours.

At 3, Frederick Place, on 2nd August, a cooper, aged 40 years, “Asiatic cholera”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 5, Somerset Place, on 2nd August, the daughter of a labourer, aged 3 years, “diarrhœa 18 hours, cholera 12 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At Mill Street, on 3rd August, the wife of a master tin-plate worker, aged 27 years, “diarrhœa 4 hours, cholera 16 hours”

Southwark and Vauxhall.

At 14, Gedlin Terrace, 31st July, the son of a carman, aged 4 yrs., “malignant cholera 13 hours”

Southwark & Vauxhall.

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