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Thursday, September 7, 1854
Cause of Cholera disease discovered
The disease Cholera has been affecting London killing
hundreds of people for at least a fortnight. Now Doctor John Snow, a pioneer of
disease and father of epidemiology, has his theory of how the city's water has
caused of all this sickness and death.
"I have been working day and night to find the cause of
this disease," Doctor Snow explains. "I have the locations of the
victims' homes and discovered that the closest pump to nearly all of them is
the Broad Street pump. The victim's families also explained to me that they
used that water pump in particular."
Reverend Henry Whitehead has also been investigating this
case and is willing to share his story.
"At first I thought the epidemic was caused by divine
intervention," Whitehead explains, "but that was before I heard about
the baby with diarrhoea. I went to investigate and discovered that the baby
lived on 40 Broad Street. The cesspool at the front of the house was 3 feet
away from the pump. I asked for the ground to be dug up and a crack was found
that allowed the contents of the cesspool to enter the well contaminating the
water. The whole thing was unnecessary. If London's drainage and sewer systems
had been made better this would never have happened."
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